Rafat and Polad Omarov Sentencing for Murder Plot

Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov face sentencing in Manhattan federal court after March 2024 convictions for plotting to kill Masih Alinejad.
Prosecutors seek 55-year prison terms for Amirov and Omarov, while defense requests 13 and 10 years respectively.
Iran offered $500,000 in July 2022 to kill Alinejad, but a hired gunman failed to locate her.
Omarov was extradited in February 2024 with October 2024 charges announced.
Iranian intelligence previously plotted kidnappings of Alinejad in 2020 and 2021.
Omarov’s defense cites a relative killed in 2020.

International Relations | Crime | Law

United States | Iran

Masih Alinejad | Rafat Amirov | Polad Omarov

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