According to an indictment the scheme was part of a larger plan targeting victims in Canada and the UK Four members of an alleged Iranian spy network have been charged with plotting the kidnap of an Iranian-American journalist and activist based in New York. According to the indictment, the spy network was exploring ways to spirit the journalist from her home in Brooklyn and take her by speedboat out to sea, and then to Venezuela, which maintains friendly ties to Tehran.
Four Iranians charged in plot to kidnap US-based journalist and critic
The Guardian - 14 Jul 2021 02:22
According to an indictment the scheme was part of a larger plan targeting victims in Canada and the UK Four members of an alleged Iranian spy network have been charged with plotting the kidnap of an Iranian-American journalist and activist based in New York. According to the indictment, the spy network was exploring ways to spirit the journalist from her home in Brooklyn and take her by speedboat out to sea, and then to Venezuela, which maintains friendly ties to Tehran.
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