The Iranian government was implicated in multiple plots against journalist Masih Alinejad, including a failed kidnapping and an attempted murder orchestrated through the Russian mob. In 2022, authorities foiled a scheme involving the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with a man apprehended outside Alinejad's home in Brooklyn. The trials of Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov are set to highlight the extreme measures Iranian officials will take against expatriates vocal about Tehran’s actions. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland emphasized the government's commitment to protecting individuals against foreign threats.
Prosecutors said figures connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran sent members of the Russian mob to kill her.
The plot was thwarted when police officers stopped an Azerbaijani man who had lurked outside Ms. Alinejad's Brooklyn home.
We will not tolerate attempts by a foreign power to threaten, silence or harm Americans, Merrick B. Garland, the attorney general at the time, said in 2023.
The trial is expected to illustrate the lengths to which Iranian officials will go to retaliate against expatriates.
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