text:  Alinajad's campaign has gained her a massive audience, some 10 million followers across social media. It also has put her in the crosshairs, literally, of Iran's government. Last year, the Justice Department announced it had foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate Alinajad in New York City. What the department didn't say was that the plot almost succeeded. In late July 2022, the suspected hitman stood on the front porch of Alinajad's Brooklyn home.