US Charges Three In Iran-Backed Plot To Assassinate Journalist

FBI Director Christopher Wray is flanked by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, as he discusses charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is a U.S. citizen, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2023
FBI Director Christopher Wray is flanked by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, as he discusses charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is a U.S. citizen, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2023

The US charged three men with conspiring to assassinate a New-York based dissident Iranian activist and journalist, the Justice Department announced Friday.