The convictions brought some measure of resolution to what U.S. officials have described as an unrelenting retaliation effort against Masih Alinejad.

A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City. Prosecutors say it involved a murder-for-hire scheme financed by the Iranian government.

A jury has found two men guilty on all counts of trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad​, who works as a journalist and lives in New York City.