Iran Revolutionary Guard official charged in plot to kill Iranian American human rights activist in NYC

U.S. prosecutors person charged a subordinate of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran successful an assassination crippled to termination Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American quality rights activist, connected American soil.

The updated indictment names Ruhollah Bazghandi and 3 different men successful a "murder-for-hire" plot, arsenic good arsenic money-laundering, and sanctions evasion charges. 

The Iranian absorption activist and writer has been surviving successful exile successful New York City. The unsealed indictment does not notation her name, but Alinejad confirmed to The Associated Press and The New York Times that she was the intended target.

Bazghandi is described successful tribunal papers arsenic a brigadier wide who antecedently served arsenic main of the Revolutionary Guard's counterintelligence department.

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Masih Alinejad, journalist, author, women's rights activistic & laminitis of United for Navid; speaks connected signifier during the 2022 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 2 astatine Sheraton New York connected September 20, 2022, successful New York City.  (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

In October 2017, the U.S. authorities designated the IRGC arsenic a planetary violent group, saying it has played a cardinal relation successful supporting Iran's engagement successful planetary terrorism. 

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) subject unit successful Tehran, Iran, connected November 24, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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In April 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control said Bazghandi was progressive successful assassination plots against journalists, Israeli citizens and others deemed enemies of Iran, on with his information successful the detention of overseas prisoners held successful Iran and engagement successful operations successful Syria by the Revolutionary Guard's counterintelligence department, the indictment noted.

Federal prosecutors charged 7 different individuals.

"We volition not tolerate efforts by an authoritarian authorities similar Iran to undermine the cardinal rights guaranteed to each American," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said successful a statement. "Three of the defendants charged successful this horrific crippled are present successful U.S. custody, and we volition ne'er halt moving to identify, find, and bring to justness each those who endanger the information of the American people." 

Masih Alinejad identified herself arsenic the people of the murder-for-hire plot. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)

Bazghandi is not successful custody. 

Alinejad fled Iran pursuing the country's disputed 2009 statesmanlike election.

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Alinejad told The New York Times she was "more determined to springiness dependable to Iranian people, particularly women, who really look the aforesaid killers wrong their country."