Federal Jury Convicts Two in Iran-Backed Assassination Plot Targeting U.S. Journalist Masih Alinejad
A federal jury has convicted two European men in a chilling Iran-backed assassination plot targeting prominent Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The pair, Rafat Amirov of Iran and Polad Omarov of Georgia were found guilty of attempting to orchestrate a murder-for-hire scheme on American soil in 2022, acting on