The Iranian government “wanted desperately” to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad on the streets of City for shining a light on the regime’s torturous oppression of

I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her.”

Iran’s brazen use of transnational criminal organizations and narcotics traffickers underscores the regime’s attempts to achieve its aims through any means,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions against the Foxtrot Network, a Sweden-based gang accused of carrying out attacks against Israeli interests in Europe on behalf of Iran.