Coverage dated October 28, 2025

Men convicted in attempted assassination of Iranian journalist in NYC sentenced to 25 years in prison

Headline from CBS News

Russian mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov had been convicted back in March in Manhattan of plotting to kill Masih Alinejad.

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  1. CBS News

    Men convicted in attempted assassination of Iranian journalist in NYC sentenced to 25 years in prison (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Russian mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov had been convicted back in March in Manhattan of plotting to kill Masih Alinejad.

  2. NBC New York

    2 men plotted to kill an Iranian dissident in NYC. They could get 55 years in prison (opens NBC New York)

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    A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a judge who will...

  3. Al-Monitor

    US jails two men for 25 years over plot to kill Iranian-American reporter (opens Al-Monitor)

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    A US judge jailed two men for 25 years each Wednesday for a plot allegedly hatched by Tehran to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad, her team confirmed to AFP.Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, both members of an eastern European criminal gang, orchestrated a failed plot to assassinate campa…

  4. Bangor Daily News

    2 men face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian American journalist (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — A plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came “chillingly near success,” prosecutors told a

  5. Al-Monitor

    Two men sentenced to 25 years over Iran-backed plot to kill dissident (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Jack Queen(Reuters) -Two men convicted of murder-for-hire charges were each sentenced in New York on Wednesday to 25 years in prison over what prosecutors called a failed Tehran-backed plot to kill an Iranian dissident living in the U.S.

  6. The Boston Globe

    Two men face sentencing in plot to kill Iranian American journalist (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Prosecutors are seeking 55-year prison terms for Rafat Amirov, 46, and Polad Omarov, 41, at their sentencing on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

  7. The Guardian

    Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US (opens The Guardian)

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    Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York home

  8. Fox News

    Two men sentenced to 25 years for conspiring to murder Iranian-American journalist in Brooklyn (opens Fox News)

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    A federal judge sentenced Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov to 25 years in prison for conspiring to murder Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn.

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