Iranian Agents Are Facing Charges For Their Role In A Plot To Kidnap A U.S. Journalist

Bahadorifar has been living in California, where she was arrested July 1 and awaits arraignment. The four others accused in the plot are based in Iran, and remain at large.The author was not named in court documents, but a law enforcement official familiar with the case identified her as Masih Alinejad. She later confirmed to NBC News that she indeed was the target, and has been "targeted for a number of years but this is the first time that such an audacious plot has been hatched and foiled."