Washington DC, March 22 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared on Saturday the decision by a federal jury which convicted two crime leaders who had been hired to murder Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad on behalf of the Iranian government.

According to the US Department of Justice, the Iranian government hired Polad Omarov and Rafat Amirov to kill Masih Alinejad in exchange for USD 5,00,000.

In a post on X, Rubio said that the court's decision shows that lethal plots against Americans will be met with "swift justice and accountability."

He also said that under the leadership of US President Donald Trump, Iranian proxies and front groups will be "investigated, disrupted and prosecuted."

"Yesterday's court decision shows I...