US jails man over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

Carlisle Rivera, 50, was arrested in November 2024 before carrying out the plan that the US Justice Department said was directed by the government of Iran. Alinejad is one of the most prominent dissident campaigners against Iranian authorities and for years has pushed for the abolition of the obligatory headscarf in Iran under the banner of "MyStealthyFreedom." She left Iran in 2009. After the sentencing, Alinejad, 49, called on the United States to "take action against (those) in power in Iran"...