The U.S. is not immune to foreign assassination attempts. Just this month, two men with ties to the

Russian mob were convicted in a plot to kill an Iranian American journalist and women's rights

activists living in New York. Her name is Masi Al-inajad. As the court heard, her attempted murder in

2022 was orchestrated by the Iranian government,

part of more than a decade of violent plots targeting its critics abroad.

I spoke with her about how she sees these times in Iran and in the U.S.

and began by asking her reaction to the guilty verdict for her would-be assassins.

To be honest, I felt relieved because three years I have been moving between safe houses

21 times. I didn't have a normal life. I was screaming, crying, dancing. I was bombarded by different emotions.

People were there to kill me, convicted. I am alive. I am alive.

I know maybe people don't get it, but you must be given a second life to understand how it feels to face

your would-be assassins. I don't want to bring up too much trauma for you, but I think for some

Americans, this kind of thing seems far away.

But this was at your home in New York that you actually saw this would be assassin. What memory of that day in 2022 stands out to you? First of all, I really appreciate when you said you don't want to bring

too much trauma because a lot of time people even don't get that this is not a news story.

This is my life.

But at the same time, I want people to understand that.

If this happened to me today, it might happen to you in America.

In Brooklyn, in front of my sunflower's garden, my beautiful garden,

where I used to feed the whole neighborhood with my tomato, cucumbers, basils. The guy was there,

gigantic guy. I stared into his eyes, but I thought he's just taking picture of my beautiful

garden. I thought he's admiring my garden, but he was not. He's there to kill you. He said that

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