Masih Alinejad, Iran and NY

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 torturous oppression of women, a Manhattan jury heard in opening statements
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.
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 way to kill her.”
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.
At US trial, gunman admits to trying to kill Iranian journalist
NEW YORK - A self-professed member of a Russian organized crime group said on Tuesday he once tried to kill an Iranian-American female journalist and activist, making the admission in testimony at a U.
Trial begins over a plot to kill an Iranian dissident in NYC
Two men charged in an alleged Iranian government-sponsored plot to kill a prominent Iranian journalist and human rights activist went on trial Monday as a federal judge in New York City assured prospective jurors that “nobody got killed.
How a hitman's comedy of errors exposed bid to kill journalist Masih Alinejad
Trial over an alleged Iran-backed plot to assassinate American journalist Masih Alinejad reached a New York city federal court
‘We have to kill her’: Mobster gives chilling look into foiled plot to kill Iranian journalist
Prosecutors say that Iranian officials commissioned two purported Russian gang members to kill journalist and Iranian exile Masih Alinejad.
‘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 ...
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 ...
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‘I was trying to kill her’: Mobster gives chilling look into foiled plot to kill Iranian journalist
Prosecutors say that Iranian officials commissioned two purported Russian gang members to kill journalist and Iranian exile ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...