Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, recounted a frightening encounter with a would-be assassin during a court hearing. On July 28, 2022, she noticed Khalid Mehdiyev, a 27-year-old alleged hitman, seemingly admiring her sunflower garden outside her Brooklyn home. Unaware of the threat he posed, she initially interpreted his actions as benign until her intuition warned her of danger. The incident highlights the precariousness of Alinejad's situation after years of being targeted by the Iranian regime since her exile in 2009.
"When I was walking in the drive path, I saw the guy - the big guy. I mistook his phone conversation for an attempt to talk to me."
"He was like, in the sunflowers, staring into my eyes. Then I got really panicked, but I didn't know anything."
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