Carlisle Rivera
Coverage of Carlisle Rivera in the Nexus archive.
- Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Murder-for-Hire Plot and Stalking a Journalist and Prominent Critic of the Iranian Government
Brooklyn resident Carlisle Rivera, known as 'Pop,' was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by the Iranian government. The plot targeted Masih Alinejad, a journalist and human rights activist critical of Iran. Rivera was also convicted of stalking Alinejad.
- Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
The Justice Department has charged three individuals—Farhad Shakeri of Iran, Carlisle Rivera of Brooklyn, and Jonathon Loadholt of Staten Island—in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York. Shakeri is identified as an asset of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The criminal complaint details their involvement in the conspiracy to commit murder.