FBI: Two Eastern European Organized Crime Leaders Convicted of Murder for Hire Targeting U.S.-Based Journalist on Behalf of Iranian Government
March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The FBI issued the following news release on March 21, 2025:
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Two Eastern European Organized Crime Leaders Convicted of Murder for Hire Targeting U.S.-Based Journalist on Behalf of Iranian Government
Iranian Government Hired Polad Omarov and Rafat Amirov to Kill Masih Alinejad in Exchange for $500,000
A federal jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday on all five counts in the superseding indictment against Rafat Ami . . .
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Two Eastern European Organized Crime Leaders Convicted of Murder for Hire Targeting U.S.-Based Journalist on Behalf of Iranian Government
Iranian Government Hired Polad Omarov and Rafat Amirov to Kill Masih Alinejad in Exchange for $500,000
A federal jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday on all five counts in the superseding indictment against Rafat Ami . . .