Suspects in alleged conspiracy supported by Iranian murder of journalists at trial on American soil
Two suspects faced trial on Monday after being charged in the defendant plot conspiracy for killing critics based in the US Iranian government On behalf of the Islamic Republic.
Rafat Amirov from Iran and Polad Omarov from the Czech Republic and Slovenia should appear in the Federal Court in New York, after declaring that he was not guilty of allegedly plotting for the murder aimed at by journalist Masih Alinejad, Reuters said. Prosecutors said both suspected members of the Russian mob and were hired by the Iranian revolutionary corpus,
“Finally, I will face the men that the Islamic Republic hired to kill me, right here in New York,” Alinejad, who is expected to testify, wrote on X. “Of course, this is not easy. But this is a big day. I am deeply grateful to my new country, united American states, for attempting to preserve me from the Government of my born country.
“In moments like this, it’s easy to feel nervous, scared or even broken, but your support lifts me up,” she added. “So, as I enter that courtroom, I will carry your strength with me.”
Journalist and anti-Iranian activist Massih Alinejad is expected to testify today during court proceedings at the Manhattan Federal Court. (Fox News)
A trial at the Manhattan Federal Court will begin to select a jury on Monday, Reuters reported.
Amirov, Omarov and third suspects, Khalid Mehdiyev from Yonkers, New York, were He accuses the Ministry of Justice At the beginning of 2023.
“The New York Federal Court has today bought charges of murder for murder and money laundering against three members of the Eastern European Criminal Organization for Planning of the U.S. citizen’s murder planning, which the Iranian government aimed at speaking against human rights violation of the regime,” the impression said at the time.
Officials said the conspiracy for assassination is another attempt by Iran The goal of Alinejad. The FBI prevented the alleged attempt to abduction in 2021 Tehran to try and return it to Iran.
The activist speaks after Iran tries to kill her
The sketch in the courtroom shows Rafat Amirov, who appeared at a foul hearing before the Sarah Cave judge in New York court on January 27, 2023. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
“The victim in this case was aimed at exercising the rights to which every American citizen had the right. The victim published a violation of the human rights of the Iranian government; discriminatory treatment of women; suppressing democratic participation and expression; and the use of arbitrary prison, torture and execution,” said the then Merrick.
Mehdiyev was arrested in 2022 after being found driving around Alineyad Neighborhood with a filled rifle and dozens of munition rounds. At the time, Alinejad told the Associated Press that the authorities told her that a man was looking for her, and that a video of home security had caught him hanging in front of her front door.
Mehdiyev also declared that he was not guilty, but the status of his trial is not clear, Reuters states.
“It is assumed that Mr. Omarov is innocent,” his lawyer Elena Fast told the news agency.
Massih Alinejad speaks in New York in October 2018. (Photo of Larry Busacca/Getty Pictures for Women in Cable Telecommunications)
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“I am extremely excited to join the public trial as a witness to witness those that the Islamic Republic of Islamic hired to kill me,” said Alinejad and Reuters. “Like I got another life.”
Fox News’ Grace Taggart, Caitlin McFall, David Spunt and Associated Press contributed to this report.
