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US Adds Four Iranian Operatives to Sanctions List
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap an Iranian-American journalist and human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
activist, the US Treasury Department said Friday.
| Senior Iran-based intelligence official Alireza Shahvaroghi Farahani leads a network of intelligence operatives, including Mahmoud Khazein, Kiya Sadeghi, and Omid Noori, tasked with targeting Iranian dissidents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. |
The sanctions come after US prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who was critical of Tehran, whom Rooters previously confirmed was journalist Masih Alinejad.
Posted by: Fred 2021-09-05 |
