"Wearing her trademark flower in her hair, Alinejad described what life is like for her and husband Kambiz Foroohar to live life as targets of the Iranian government. I'm very grateful to the U.S. law enforcement and the judge for giving the maximum sentence, Alinejad said after sentencing. At the same time, I don't think this is enough. That happened three times. I don't have a normal life in the United States of America."
"Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said the Iranian government engaged in a campaign of assassination plots in the United States and abroad targeting those opposed to regime including this attempt to murder Masih Alinejad in cold blood, right here in New York City. FBI Assistant Director Donald Holstead said the Iranian government repeatedly targeted a journalist and human rights activist living in New York."
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-born U.S. citizen and prominent journalist and activist, was targeted by a murder-for-hire plot linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Carlisle Pop Rivera, 51, a Brooklyn resident who previously served time for murder, pleaded guilty to stalking and participating in the plot and received a 15-year federal sentence from U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman. Alinejad described life as a target for her and her husband, thanked U.S. law enforcement while saying the sentence was insufficient, reported being targeted three times, and urged U.S. action against the Iranian regime amid its violent crackdown on protesters.
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