The Justice Department has announced three new arrests related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill a New York-based journalist and human rights activist who was critical of the Iranian government.
, said the victim has publicized the Iranian government's discriminatory treatment of women, suppression of democratic participation and expression and its use of arbitrary imprisonment, torture and execution.
"The law enforcement action today is the latest U.S. disruption of plotting activities against this victim and other Americans," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday in a statement. "It follows a disturbing pattern of Iranian Government-sponsored efforts to kill, torture, and intimidate into silence activists for speaking out for the fundamental rights and freedoms of Iranians around the world.
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