DOJ sentences NYC accomplice in Iranian dissident murder-for-hire scheme to 10 years in prison

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On Wednesday, Jonathan Loadholt was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against U.S. citizen and journalist Masih Alinejad. Loadholt, recruited by Carlisle Rivera, surveilled Alinejad in New York City for months before his arrest in November 2024, thwarting the IRGC's attempt to assassinate the regime critic.

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Masih Alinejad, the target of the plot, fled Iran following the contentious 2009 presidential election and ensuing protest movement. She became a US citizen in 2019.

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