Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American dissident, experienced a frightening encounter with an assassin named Khalid Mehdiyev outside her home in Brooklyn in July 2022. Initially feeling uneasy, Alinejad's suspicion grew when she realized Mehdiyev was not merely a passerby. Prosecutors revealed a plot involving the Iranian government hiring Russian mobsters to kill her for $500,000, aiming to silence her influential voice advocating for women's rights and freedom. This chilling incident illustrates the dangers activists face for opposing oppressive regimes.
"I was like, the guy is a little bit suspicious so I got panicked. I ran to my entrance door... He was like, in the sunflowers staring into my eyes."
"That's why you see I have a beautiful, massive garden, because I face a lot of cursing and threats."
"Federal prosecutors showed how Mehdiyev was supposed to be the triggerman in an international murder plot involving the Iranian government and Russian mobsters..."
"The Iranian regime wanted to assassinate Alinejad due to her advocacy for women's rights and freedom."
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