NYC journalist targeted in alleged murder-for-hire plot by Iran's government takes stand in trial
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident who is now a United States citizen, took the stand Tuesday in the trial of the men ...
Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad testifies at trial of men accused of plotting to kill her
A charismatic journalist from Iran who prosecutors say was targeted for assassination by her former homeland's government has ...
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad describes chilling moment she saw amatuerish would-be assassin staring at her
Iranian journalist and murder-for-hire target Masih Alinejad described in court Tuesday the moment she saw her bungling would-be killer staring straight into her eyes through her pristine sunflower ...
NYC journalist targeted in alleged assassination plot takes stand in trial
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident and journalist who is now a United States citizen, took the stand Tuesday in the trial of the men accused of trying to kill her. Prosecutors say it was an ...
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 ...
The New York Times5d
How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn
The organization then gave him a mission: Kill Masih Alinejad. By Colin Moynihan Khalid Mehdiyev returned a phone call in the summer of 2022 from a fellow member of the Russian mob, Polad Omarov.
Voice of America6d
‘I was there to try to kill the journalist,’ gunman tells New York court
A self-described member of a Russian organized crime group told a court on Tuesday that he tried to kill the Iranian American journalist and VOA host Masih Alinejad in New York in 2022.
Daily Mail6d
Russian hitman admits trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home in alleged $500k murder-for-hire plot by Tehran
He admitted to attempting to kill Masih Alinejad, a New York-based journalist and activist who left Iran in 2009, after carrying out a seven-day stakeout near her home. Mehdiyev told the ...