text:  Forohar says when the FBI told him and Alinejad that Iranian operatives were surveilling them, they were in shock. He knew Iran's leaders didn't like her activism, but he never thought they'd try to kill her. Still, both he and Alinejad are able to find humor in their predicament. You can't really talk about it on a day-to-day basis with people because it doesn't happen to everyone's experience. You know, you can talk about the Knicks game, you can talk about the Yankees, or you can talk about the weather. But, oh yeah, by the way, there's a guy with a machine gun outside my house. That's a conversation killer.