4 Iranian intel operatives indicted in Manhattan for alleged plot to kidnap U.S.-based activist and 4 others

An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her back to Tehran, authorities said Tuesday.

An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran. Victims were also targeted in the United Arab Emirates, authorities said. The identities of the alleged targets weren't released but Masih Alinejad, of Brooklyn, confirmed on Twitter late Tuesday that authorities had told her she was among them.