Three men charged in apparent plot against US-Iranian activist

A US federal court on Friday indicted three men accused of plotting to murder a US citizen who had been previously targeted by the Iranian government.

Though the Justice Department did not name the victim, journalist and activist Masih Alinejad confirmed to the AP news agency she was the target of the murder plot.

Rafat Amirov of Iran, Polad Omarov of the Czech Republic and Khalid Mehdiyev of New York were charged with murder-for-hire and money laundering, the US Department of Justice…