Iran bashes U.S. accusation it seeks to kidnap abroad citizens as a "Hollywood-Style" plot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : She is a prominent figure on Farsi-language satellite channels abroad that critically view Iran and has worked as a contractor for U.S.-funded Voice of America's Farsi-language network since 2015.
44% : Alinejad, who worked for years as a journalist in Iran, long has been targeted by its theocracy after fleeing the country following its disputed 2009 presidential election and crackdown.
43% : The indictment described the plot as part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran along with a few others.
42% : Saeed Khatibzadeh's comments were carried by Iran's ISNA news agency on Wednesday after U.S. federal authorities announced charges against four Iranians on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to kidnap an Iranian opposition activist and journalist as well as a few others living outside of Iran, the Associated Press reported.
38% : A Manhattan federal court indictment reveals an alleged plan to lure the opposition activist and four others to Iran as well as some living in the United Arab Emirates.
37% : The U.S. authorities, quoting from an indictment, said the individuals plotted to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her to Tehran.
35% : Iran has bashed a U.S. accusation that the country seeks to kidnap Iranian citizens abroad as a "Hollywood-style" plot, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
31% : Its entire short history is full of assassination, kidnapping and sabotage in other countries," he said about the alleged plot to kidnap citizens critiquing Iran.

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