Masih Alinejad: hiding from Iran’s assassins in FBI safe houses
The apartment is almost empty now. Just half a box of Cheerios, a bin bag of rubbish and a few pot plants remain. Masih Alinejad sits in this impersonal room with her laptop balanced on an upturned saucepan, puts on her jacket and goes live on CNN. After finishing her segment, rebutting reports the Iranian government has dismantled its infamous religious police – “Disinformation to break the resolve of demonstrators” – she turns to her husband, Kambiz Foroohar. They must leave in an hour, he says.
