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Iran tried to kill her on U.S. soil. The plot failed, but she lives in its shadow
Masih Alinejad is lucky to be alive. In late July 2022, a hitman was standing on the front porch of her home in Brooklyn, N.Y. The man, bearded and wearing a black T-shirt and baggy black shorts, had allegedly been hired as part of a plot hatched in Iran …