The United States Department of Justice has charged three people in an alleged, foiled murder-for-hire plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist, a scheme that Washington says was directed from Iran.US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges on Friday, saying the Iranian government had previously targeted the intended victim, who is a critic of Tehran.Garland did not identify the journalist, but Khalid Mehdiyev, one of the three defendants, was arrested outside of the home of outspoken Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad in New York last year.
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