NYC jury finds 2 guilty in plot to kill Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad

US convicts two men hired to assassinate Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad

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.

Two men convicted in Iranian plot to kill U.S.-based critic

Two men have been convicted of murder-for-hire as part of an Iranian government plot to silence a critic in the United States, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Iranian, Georgian Nationals Convicted for Attempted Murder of US-based Journalist Ordered by Iran - The Thinking Conservative

Eastern European gang leaders were convicted in federal court for planning an Iran-backed assassination of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. The post Iranian, Georgian Nationals Convicted for Attempted Murder of US-based Journalist Ordered by Iran appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Iranian, Georgian Nationals Convicted for Attempted Murder of US-based Journalist Ordered by Iran

Two Eastern European organized crime leaders were convicted March 20, for their roles in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. The conspiracy, ordered by the Iranian regime, involved a planned assassination on U.S. soil. Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, were found guilty on five federal charges, including murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering. The conviction…

Two men convicted in Iranian plot to kill American dissident

“Chillingly, the plot to murder this Iranian dissident culminated over 6,000 miles from Iran, on U.S. soil, right here in New York, when a hitman with an AK-47 camped outside her home to kill her,” the prosecutor stated.The post Two…

A jury in New York has found two men guilty of attempting to assassinate Iranian women's rights activist Masih Alinejad in the United States.