Federal prosecutors in New York charged a man last week with driving around the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile Masih Alinejad over the weekend with a loaded assault rifle and dozens of rounds of ammunition.
In this July 13, 2005, file photo, outgoing reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami talks on the phone with the mother of female journalist Masih Alinejad, right, after meeting with journalists in Tehran, Iran. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile in New York City, had already been identified as the target of an alleged kidnapping plot. A year later, it appears the threats against her keep coming.
The suspect, Khalid Mehdiyev, has been locked up without bail and his lawyer declined comment. The U.S. Attorney's office also wouldn't talk about the case beyond what for now is a gun possession charge. In the new case, a criminal complaint filed against Mehdiyev doesn't directly tie him to Iran or the kidnapping plot. Instead, it only charges him with a gun violation based on a traffic stop by the New York Police Department, but also cites what they say were his contradictory statements about his conduct that implicate him in a more serious way.
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