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US arrests three in Iran-backed plot to assassinate dissident journalist Alinejad: official

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The US Justice Department announced Friday the arrests of three people who allegedly took part in a Tehran-backed plot to assassinate dissident Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad.

Two of those arrested were members of an Eastern European organized crime group with ties to Iran who were recruited to arrange Alinejad’s murder in New York, said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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