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Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for foiled plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist

Two Russian mobsters have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison for agreeing to try to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad for $500,000

The Independent UK

Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US

Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York home

The Guardian - US

Prosecutors seek 55-year jail terms for ‘Russian mobsters’ over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

A plot to kill Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came ‘chillingly close’, prosecutors allege

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Iran dissident still reeling from aftermath of foiled murder plot: ‘I’ve been living in a nightmare’

Masih Alinejad is a vocal critic of Tehran who recently was pursued by hitmen for her advocacy of Iranian women

The Guardian - US

A garden of sunflowers … and an AK-47: Iranian murder plot comes to Brooklyn

The trial of two Russian mobsters for a murder-for-hire scheme targeting the women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad revealed incongruous, and chilling, details

The Guardian - US

Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian-American journalist

A prosecutor has told a jury at a murder-for-hire trial that the Iranian government put a $500,000 bounty on the head of an outspoken Iranian-American journalist

The Independent UK

Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad set to testify at trial of men accused of plotting to kill her

The charismatic Iranian dissident and journalist who prosecutors say was targeted by her former homeland's government for assassination, is set to testify at the trial of two men accused in the plot

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At trial's start, prosecutor blames Iran for plot to assassinate outspoken dissident

A prosecutor has told jurors that two defendants were hired guns for the government of Iran in a plot to assassinate an Iran-born journalist at her Brooklyn residence three years ago

The Independent UK

Trial begins over a plot to kill an Iranian dissident in NYC

The trial of two men charged in an alleged Iranian government-sponsored murder-for-hire plot that targeted a prominent Iranian journalist and human rights activist has begun with jury selection

The Independent UK

Iranian Military Official Charged In Plot To Assassinate Journalist In New York

Ruhollah Bazghandi and six others are accused of scheming to kill Masih Alinejad, an outspoken critic of Iran and human rights activist

International Business Times

"Extradition of Organized Crime Leader Charged with a Murder Plot Directed from Iran Targeting a Journalist"

From a Justice Department press release on Wednesday (and see the indictment): POLAD OMAROV, a/k/a "Araz Aliyev," a/k/a "Polad Qaqa," a/k/a "Haci Qaqa," [has been extradited] from the Czech Republic on murder-for-hire and money laundering charges contained in a Superseding Indictment…. OMAROV was arrested in the Czech Republic on January…

Reason

Suspect Extradited In Plot To Kill Iranian American Activist

Polad Omarov extradited to face charges in plot to kill Iranian American activist Masih Alinejad. U.S. Attorney General confirms extradition and charges ag...

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Feds charge three men in assassination plot of Brooklyn-based Iranian dissident journalist

Manhattan federal prosecutors on Friday announced a sweeping multi-count indictment against three Eastern European gangsters they say plotted to kill a Brooklyn-based journalist critical of the authoritarian Iranian regime.

Tribune News Service

US Charges Three in Iran-Backed Effort to Assassinate Journalist

US prosecutors have charged three members of an Eastern European criminal organization which has ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is a US citizen, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday. Rafat Amirov, Polad Omarov and Khalid Mehdiyev were charged with murder-for-hire and…

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