Jury Hears Details of Failed Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident in New York
Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf laws.
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.
Suspects accused of Iran-backed plot to kill journalist on American soil face trial
Two suspects are facing trial in New York on Monday after being charged in a thwarted plot to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad on U.S. soil.
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.
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.
Two men stand trial in New York over alleged plot to kill Iranian journalist
Prosecutors claim the suspects, allegedly members of an Eastern European crime group linked to Iran, were hired to carry out a murder on US soil in 2022. View on euronews
At US Trial, Gunman Admits to Trying to Kill Iranian Journalist
Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarev sit during their trial's jury selection, in which the two are charged with murder-for-hire and money laundering in a thwarted Tehran-backed assassination attempt of an Iranian American journalist and activist at a courtroom in New York,
‘I was there to try to kill the journalist,’ gunman tells New York court
Azerbaijani hitman testifies at trial of two men accused of hiring him to kill a VOA host who is a critic of Iran
Iran ‘wanted desperately’ to kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad in NYC, feds say as murder-for-hire trial starts
The Iranian government “wanted desperately” to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad on the streets of City for shining a light on the regime’s torturous oppression of
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Who tried to kill Iranian activist Masih Alinejad?
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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.
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 ...