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The Fate Of An Imprisoned American Journalist Hinges On What Trump And Iran Do Next

Huffington Post 21 Feb 2026
Reza Valizadeh was arrested in September 2024 after he traveled to Iran to visit his parents ... .
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Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad receives Courage Award on behalf of Iranian protesters

The Jerusalem Post 19 Feb 2026
Although Masih Alinejad now lives in New York City, the Islamic regime has targeted her for her condemnations of the widespread human rights violations ....
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Bennet, Warren, Colleagues Press Treasury and State to Explain Lifting of Sanctions on Three Enablers of Commercial Spyware Used Against Americans, Journalists, and Dissidents (Michael F Bennet)

Public Technologies 19 Feb 2026
... an entity known for developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware used to target Americans as well as journalists, political figures, and human rights activists around the world.
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Irish American journalist desperately seeks support in cancer, muscular dystrophy battle

Irish Central 06 Feb 2026
Journalist Liam Cusack is seeking support via a GoFundMe as he faces unbearable medical costs ... .
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Oscar Nominated Doc ‘Armed Only with a Camera’ Tells Story of First American Journalist Killed ...

PetaPixel 01 Feb 2026
A short documentary film about photojournalist Brent Renaud, the first American journalist to be killed in Ukraine, has been nominated for an Academy Award. [Read More] ... .
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Iran assassin gets 15 years for trying to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad

Cleveland Jewish News 30 Jan 2026
“So, when do we go after the guy who ordered it, Ayatollah Khamenei,” Alinejad wrote.The post Iran assassin gets 15 years for trying to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad appeared first on JNS.org ... .
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Man sentenced to 15 years for assassination plot against Iranian American journalist

Rutland Herald 29 Jan 2026
A federal judge has given a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran. Judge Lewis J. Liman said Carlisle Rivera’s written conversations during the 2024 plot planning ....
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US jails man over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

The New Arab 29 Jan 2026
A man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison at a US court for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist highly critical of Tehran ... She left Iran in 2009 ... ....
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Man gets 15 yrs in jail for plot to kill Iranian American journalist

The Siasat Daily 29 Jan 2026
Judge Lewis J Liman said Carlisle Rivera’s written conversations as he plotted to kill journalist and human rights advocate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2024 were “chilling” and he inflicted “great harm” on her and her husband.
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Would-be assassin gets 15 years for NYC plot against Iraninan-American journalist

New York Post 29 Jan 2026
Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad speaks outside Manhattan federal court after the sentencing of a man who admitted to agreeing to try to kill her on behalf of the Iranian government Wednesday, Jan.
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Deport every Indian: American journalist deletes anti-India post amid outrage; called for 'bombing at Hindu temples'

The Times of India 26 Dec 2025
American journalist Matt Forney, known for his anti-India posts on social media, called for violence against Indians and their places of worship in an unbridled hate speech that he had to remove amid major social media outrage.
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