Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US
The Guardian – World —
Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York homeThe two Russian mobsters convicted in an international assassination plot targeting the Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad were sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom on Wednesday.Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were found guilty in Manhattan federal court this March of charges including murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering. Continue reading...