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 ‘wanted desperately’ to kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad in NYC, feds say as murder-for-hire trial starts
The Iranian government wanted to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad for shining a light on the regime’s ...
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Who tried to kill Iranian activist Masih Alinejad?
ALBAWABA - A member of a Russian organized crime group confessed during a testimony at a US trial of two associates on ...
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NYC Trial Begins for Two Men Charged in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad
The trial for two men accused in a murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad begins in NYC.
The New York Times2d
Trial Set for Men Accused of Targeting Iranian Dissident in New York
Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s efforts to punish those who criticize it, no matter where they are.
Fox News2d
Suspects accused of Iran-backed plot to kill journalist on American soil face trial
Rafat Amirov of Iran and Polad Omarov of the Czech Republic ... in the alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting journalist Masih Alinejad. Prosecutors said both suspects were members of the Russian ...
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Trial to begin in New York for men accused of planning assassination of VOA host
More than two years have passed since police stopped a man who was loitering outside the New York home of Iranian dissident and journalist Masih ... Iran had allegedly sent him there to kill ...
Houston Chronicle2d
Trial begins over a plot to kill an Iranian dissident in NYC
The men, alleged members of an Eastern European crime group with ties to Iran, were charged in January 2023 with plotting in 2022 to murder Masih Alinejad, an author and contributor to Voice of ...