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 homeThe two Russian mobsters convicted in an international assassination plot targeting the Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad were sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom on...
<p>Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York home</p><p>The two Russian mobsters convicted in an international <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/masih-alinejad-murder-case-conviction-iran">assassination plot</a> targeting the Iranian-American dissident <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/11/iranian-dissident-masih-alinejad-24-hour-police-protection-uk-threats-to-life">Masih Alinejad</a> were sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom on Wednesday.</p><p>Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/masih-alinejad-murder-case-conviction-iran">found guilty</a> in Manhattan federal court this March of charges including murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/masih-alinejad-assassination-plot-sentences">Continue reading...</a>
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