Iranian Agents Devised Audacious Plot To Abduct US-Based Journalist: Feds 07/13/21 AT 10:50 PM Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad said Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was involved in the plot to abduct her. Photo: Iranian Presidency / - KEY POINTS Alinejad is known for her criticism of the current Iranian regime Four Iranian nationals have been charged by the DOJ, including an Iranian intelligence official Authorities said the plot was part of a wider plan to get regime-critical individuals to Iran Four Iranians have been charged by the Department of Justice over an audacious scheme to kidnap a Brooklyn-based human rights activist and journalist who has written works critical of the Iranian regime.