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The
man, Khalid Mehdiyev, spent two days last week outside the home
of Alinejad, and at one point attempted to open the door, an FBI
agent wrote in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court last
week. Police stopped him after he ran a stop sign and found the
gun in the back seat of the car, according to the complaint.
Alinejad, who saw the incident as an attempt on her life by
Tehran, said: "what the Iranian regime did, first trying to
kidnap me and now sending someone here trying to kill me, it's a
pattern. It's a continuation of their way of oppressing
dissidents inside and outside Iran."
On Wednesday, Sullivan said U.S. President Joe Biden will
continue to receive updates on her situation, and added that the
administration will continue to protect its citizens and
dissidents from threats from the Persian Gulf nation.
"...the U.S. Government will use all tools at its disposal to
disrupt and deter threats from Iran, including those which
target U.S. citizens and dissidents living in the United
States," the NSC statement said.
Last year, Alinejad was said to be the target of a Tehran-backed
kidnapping plot. She has promoted videos of women violating
Iran's head covering law to her millions of social media
followers.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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