Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad Targeted in Foiled Assassination Plot by Tehran-Linked Operatives
Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad Targeted in Foiled Assassination Plot by Tehran-Linked Operatives A federal court in Manhattan has convicted Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov on charges including murder-for-hire and attempted murder, in connection with an extraordinary plot orchestrated by the Iranian government to assassinate prominent Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad on U.S. soil. The verdict brings a close to the legal proceedings stemming from the chilling events of July 2022. Prosecutors revealed that Iranian officials allegedly hired Amirov and Omarov for…