Activist targeted by Iran says attack on Salman Rushdie left her 'heartbroken'

Activist targeted by Iran says attack on Salman Rushdie left her 'heartbroken' Alinejad, an Iranian-born journalist and women’s rights activist, knows what it is like to live under the threat of assassination. Like Rushdie, who was the target of a fatwa issued by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, she too has been hunted by the Iranian government.