REVEALED: Iran plotted to kidnap Iranian-American journalist from Brooklyn, transport her by speedboat to Venezuela and then fly her to the Islamic republic because she criticized regime, FBI say

Four Iranian spies have been charged with plotting to kidnap journalist and author Masih Alinejad, 44
Alinejad has frequently criticized the regime in Tehran for human rights abuses and fled the country in 2009
She said that she had been informed of an ‘audacious’ plot to snatch her and police were outside her door
The plotters, all of whom are in Iran, intended to lure her to a third country and then take her to Tehran
The spies were monitoring her home in Brooklyn and had installed a live feed showing her house
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