N.Y. man indicted for having rifle outside home of Iranian journalist


REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES- Tags: CRIME LAW)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man has been indicted on charges he possessed a loaded AK-47 rifle outside the home of an Iranian-American journalist and rights activist, court records showed on Friday.

The defendant, Khalid Mehdiyev, spent two days in late July outside the Brooklyn home of journalist Masih Alinejad, and once tried opening the door, an FBI agent wrote in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.

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