This is the third terrorist attempt on Iranian political activist Masih
Alinejad’s life. She is a vocal critic of the Iranian government and has been targeted for kidnapping to take her from New York to Iran. There was a second attempt to kill her in New York and a third kidnapping attempt in Switzerland.
Her wild hair is an act of opposition to the Iranian government's pressure to get all women to cover her hair. She has more than one million followers in Iran.