By Kia Fatahi and Samantha Beech, CNN A US citizen of Iranian descent living in California was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for crimes related to the attempted kidnapping plot of Masih Alinejad, a New York-based journalist and human rights activist, according to federal court documents.
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Iranian-born US woman sentenced in plot to kidnap Masih Alinejad
By Kia Fatahi and Samantha Beech, CNN A US citizen of Iranian descent living in California was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for crimes related to the attempted kidnapping plot of Masih Alinejad, a New York-based journalist and human rights activist, according to federal court documents.
Niloufar Bahadorifar, sentenced to prison, had pleaded guilty in December for unknowingly supporting an alleged Iranian plot to kidnap activist Masih Alinejad.
An Iranian-born American woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for providing financial support to a plot to kidnap dissident Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad, the Justice Department said Monday.
Niloufar Bahadorifar provided financial support for 'brazen plot' to abduct Iranian human rights activist living in US whom Tehran has sought to silence for years, US attorney says
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