All cases Brooklyn kidnapping plot
Section 03 Iran's Long Arm
Plot to Kidnap a Brooklyn Journalist to Iran
Four men in Iran were charged with planning to seize a U.S. journalist in Brooklyn and take her to Iran, after hiring private investigators to watch her home. A fifth defendant in California was convicted of sanctions charges, not of the kidnapping conspiracy.
Iran's Role, in the Government's Words
“Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran”
U.S. Department of Justice Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges,
press release, July 13, 2021, para. 6, justice.gov.
“Khazein, Sadeghi and Noori are Iranian intelligence assets who also reside in Iran and work under Farahani”
U.S. Department of Justice Iranian Intelligence Officials Indicted on Kidnapping Conspiracy Charges,
press release, July 13, 2021, para. 6, justice.gov.
People Charged
Photograph: FBIAlireza Shavaroghi FarahaniAt largesince June 29, 2021 “an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran”Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 29, 2021
Photograph: FBIMahmoud KhazeinAt largesince June 29, 2021 “Iranian intelligence assets who also reside in Iran and work under Farahani”Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 29, 2021
Photograph: FBIKiya SadeghiAt largesince June 29, 2021 “Iranian intelligence assets who also reside in Iran and work under Farahani”Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 29, 2021
Photograph: FBIOmid NooriAt largesince June 29, 2021 “Iranian intelligence assets who also reside in Iran and work under Farahani”Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 29, 2021- Niloufar BahadorifarConvictedsince Dec. 15, 2022 “BAHADORIFAR, who is not charged with participating in the kidnapping conspiracy, provided financial services that ultimately supported the plot”U.S. Department of Justice, Apr. 7, 2023
Targets
- Masih Alinejad (Interview, NPR Morning Edition, July 15, 2021)
Private people are described, never named. A target is named only if a public figure who has spoken publicly about the plot.