Bumbling hitman botched murder of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in NY: ‘I was trying to get the easy way to kill her’
I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy ...
At US trial, gunman admits to trying to kill Iranian journalist
A self-professed member of a Russian organized crime group said on Tuesday he once tried to kill an Iranian-American female ...
How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn
Khalid Mehdiyev was sent to America to establish a beachhead for his gang. The organization then gave him a mission: Kill ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Gangster recalls managing pizza shop while plotting kidnapping in murder-for-hire of Iranian journalist
Khalid Mehdiyev admitted to trying to kill journalist Masih Alinejad. Now he’s testifying against the men he says put him up to it.
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At US trial, gunman admits to trying to kill Iranian journalist
"I was there to try to kill the journalist," Mehdiyev said in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say Mehdiyev was hired by the associates Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov to kill Masih Alinejad ...
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 ...