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Judge Lewis J. Liman said Carlisle Rivera’s written conversations as he plotted to kill journalist and human rights advocate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2024 were “chilling” and he inflicted “great harm” on her and her husband.
Addressing the court, the couple described how assassination plots forced them to limit interactions with their children as they frequently changed residences and dodged threats from an unrelenting Iran.Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad speaks outside Manhattan federal court after the sentencing of a man who admitted to agreeing to try to kill her on behalf of the Iranian government Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in New York.She urged the judge to give Rivera the maximum sentence to send a message to anyone “targeting U.S. citizens on U.S. soil” and to “protect unarmed people like me now facing massacre in my country.” Sicko teacher sent student nauseating texts — before they had depraved hours-long sex marathon: report Deadly bomb cyclone headed straight for NYC — and could batter Northeast with even more snow, colder tempsMasih Alinejad holds a sunflower behind Polad Omarov and Radar Amirov, who were convicted of involvement in an unsuccessful Iran-backed plot to kill her, as they attend their sentencing at federal court in New York, U.S., October 29, 2025 in this courtroom sketch., Alinejad said the United States must be careful to not let indiscriminate killings happening in Iran spread to the U.S. As she spoke she held up a computer tablet and showed reporters video clips of body bags of some of the thousands of Iranians killed during recent protests. Alinejad said she hoped President Donald Trump would go after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei like he did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was seized in a January U.S. military raid and brought to face drug trafficking charges in New York. He has pleaded not guilty. “I am calling on President Trump. Take action. Removing terrorists is not tragedy. It’s a sign of justice,” Alinejad said. She added, however, that she does not want Iran bombed — just the removal of its leaders. She noted that U.S. authorities have said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was responsible for not only multiple plots against her life but also a plot against Trump.Alinejad said she hoped President Donald Trump would go after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei like he did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Alinejad left Iran in 2009 following the country’s disputed presidential election and moved to the United States, where she launched online campaigns to encourage Iranian women to pose for pictures and videos showing their hair in defiance of a religious rule requiring headscarves.a citizen in 2019. She has traveled the world speaking to women and encouraging others to join her movement for women’s freedom of expression, particularly those in Iran. Last year she testified at the trial of two men charged with plotting to kidnap her from her Brooklyn home and kill her in 2022. A prosecutor said Iran put a $500,000 bounty on her head. The defendants, both natives of Azerbaijan, were convicted and sentenced to 25 years.Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran at the request of the United States at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 15, 2026.In November 2024 the Justice Department accused Tehran of authorizing a murder-for-hire plot against Trump days before he won reelection. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson reportedly denied the allegation. The person who tried to hire killers to go after Trump also organized the plot against Alinejad, authorities said. Intelligence officials have said Iran opposed Trump’s reelection. Trump’s first administration ended a nuclear deal with Iran, reimposed sanctions and ordered the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, an act that prompted Iran’s leaders to vow revenge. In court Wednesday, a prosecutor said Rivera was supposed to surveil Alinejad’s planned February 2024 appearance at Fairfield University in Connecticut, an event that was canceled. Afterward, according to court papers, Rivera tried for months to surveil Alinejad at a Brooklyn home where she no longer lived. During a break in the proceeding, Alinejad approached Rivera’s fiancee, who sobbed as she hugged Alinejad, telling her: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” Outside the courthouse afterward, Alinejad said she told the woman: “I said, ‘I’m fighting for you, I’m fighting for all Americans … when I asked President Trump to try to get the killers.’” Sicko teacher sent student nauseating texts -- before they had depraved hours-long sex marathon: report Deadly bomb cyclone headed straight for NYC — and could batter Northeast with even more snow, colder temps3.4K Alex Pretti was 'known' to feds, and had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border PatrolMargot Robbie rocks striking crimson and black gown alongside Jacob Elordi at ‘Wuthering Heights’ premiereIranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad speaks outside Manhattan federal court after the sentencing of a man who admitted to agreeing to try to kill her on behalf of the Iranian government Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in New York.Masih Alinejad holds a sunflower behind Polad Omarov and Radar Amirov, who were convicted of involvement in an unsuccessful Iran-backed plot to kill her, as they attend their sentencing at federal court in New York, U.S., October 29, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.Alinejad said she hoped President Donald Trump would go after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei like he did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran at the request of the United States at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 15, 2026.
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