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Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/masih-alinejad-murder-for-hire-plot-sentencing/story?id=126980754
Two Sentenced to 25 Years for Failed Murder Plot Against Iranian Dissident in New York
(ABC News) Aaron Katersky - Two men hired by Iran in a failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, author and activist, at her New York City home in 2022 were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were convicted in March. Federal prosecutors said the two, part of an Eastern European criminal organization, partnered with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in an attempt to silence one of Iran's most vocal, internationally recognized and effective critics in exchange for $500,000.