By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins By — Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz By — Gerard Edic Gerard Edic Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-journalist-masih-alinejad-survived-multiple-assassination-plots-by-iran Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Earlier this month, two men were convicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and women’s rights activist living in New York. Her attempted assassination was orchestrated by the Iranian government, part of more than a decade of violent plots targeting its critics abroad. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Alinejad about how she sees these times in the U.S. and Iran. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Mar 30, 2025 By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews By — Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery is a national affairs producer at PBS News Weekend. By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz By — Gerard Edic Gerard Edic Gerard Edic is the Gwen Ifill Fellow for PBS News Weekend.