CRIME & LAW

Judge imposes 25-year terms in Alinejad plot

Masih Alinejad faced two men in a Manhattan courtroom who plotted to kill her, then watched as a federal judge sentenced them to 25 years. Judge Colleen McMahon called the scheme a politically motivated assassination attempt and said such conduct would not be tolerated. Prosecutors linked the plot to an Iranian general using Russian mob intermediaries, and said the men were motivated by a promised $500,000 payment. Alinejad, shaken but defiant, said they brought fear into her life. Related cases continue, including a guilty plea by a New Yorker tied to a later plot.

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