US charges Iran Revolutionary Guard official in alleged plot to kill a human rights activist in NYC

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian military official has been charged in a plot to kill an Iranian American author on U.S. soil. Ruhollah Bazghandi and three others with links to the Iranian government were charged Tuesday with allegedly plotting to kill Masih Alinejad. The Iranian opposition activist and journalist has been living in exile in New York City. She says she screamed with joy when she was informed of the charges and the links to Iran’s government. She fled Iran following the country’s disputed 2009 presidential election. Bazghandi is described in court papers as a brigadier general who previously served as chief of the Revolutionary Guard’s counterintelligence department.