US Charges 4 Iranians With Plot To Kidnap Journalist Critical Of Tehran

US-based journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who is of Iranian descent and is an outspoken critic of the Tehran government, confirmed on Twitter that she was the target of the alleged plot.

Four Iranian nationals were indicted Tuesday on charges of plotting to abduct a journalist in New York and smuggle her out of the country to Iran, the Justice Department said. US-based journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who is of Iranian descent and is an outspoken critic of the Tehran government, confirmed on Twitter that she was the target of the alleged plot. "I am grateful to the FBI for foiling the Islamic Republic of Iran's Intelligence Ministry's plot to kidnap me," she said, with a video clip of her standing by her a window with a police car in the street outside, lights flashing. "This plot was orchestrated under Rouhani," she added, referring to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, widely seen as a political moderate.