(Reuters) The U.S. has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad who was critical of Tehran, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday. "The Iranian government's kidnapping plot is another example of its continued attempt to silence critical voices, wherever they may be," said Andrea Gacki, head of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Targeting dissidents abroad demonstrates that the government's repression extends far beyond Iran's borders."
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