Bahadorifar was not charged with any involvement in the plot to kidnap Ms. Alinejad because she had no knowledge that it would occur; instead she made a $670 payment to an investigator at the behest of an old family friend.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/04/08/us-citizen-of-iranian-descent-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-for-crimes-related-to-attempted-kidnapping-plot-of-us-journalist/

In the absence of a bipartisan commitment to aiding Iranian dissent, the U.S. government has offered Alinejad little more than photo ops with the national security adviser and the secretary of state.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/iran-republic-dissent-us-relations-hamas/675729/?utm_source=feed