New York Court begins to be heard on charges of attempting to kill a presenter of America

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/a2/44/ib-fqsah97ur_0df4a499.jpg" Alt = "New York Court begins to be heard on charges on attempting to kill the presenter of America"/> < P > Two men, which are considered members of the Russian organized criminal group, will stand before the court in the Federal District Court of Manhattan on Monday, March 10, in the case of an encroachment on the life < P > The Prosecutor's Office believes that the members of the subgroup of “Russian mafia & Rdquo; Rafat Amirov and Posta Omarov hired the elite Corps women.

< p > 45-year-old Amirov and 40-year-old Omarov did not admit themselves guilty of attempted murder to order and in attempted murder for racketeering.

< p > they are accused of murder to order and a plot in a case, which, according to experts, shows how far the government of Iran is ready to go to silence their critics & mdash; even those living outside the country.

< p >“We will not suffer the attempts of a foreign state to threaten Americans, make them silence or harm them,” & mdash; The US Prosecutor General Merrick Harlend said in 2023 when federal officials were first spoken of conspiracy on the murder of Alinezhad.

< p > Allen was a journalist in Iran before she was forced to leave the country in 2009. Now in exile it is the leading information program in the Persian Voice Service of America.

< p > On Monday, March 10, Allenjoad reported Voice of America by phone that cannot comment on the case until the lawsuit is ongoing.

< p >The assassination of the 2022 murder was not the first attempt to attack ALNILEDZHAD. According to the court documents, in 2018, Iranian officials suggested paying to the relatives of ALELEDZHAD in Iran to invite it to Turkey, with an obvious purpose to bring it to Iran for UV & Rsquo; Relatives refused.

< p > then in 2021 Iranian operatives were accused of planning its abduction. The indictment described the plan to transport it from New York to Venezuela, which has a close relationship with Iran.

< p > since attempted the abduction of Allenzhad has received defense of the US government and often moved from one shelter to another.

< p > Despite the threats, Allenes refused to stop working.

< p > “I have no pistols and balls, I do not wear weapons. But this government, they have everything and they are very afraid of me, & ndash; ndash; said Alinezhad Voice of America in 2023 about the Iran's government. & Amp; ndash; them “.

< p >The Prosecutor's Office claims that a probable conspiracy for the purpose of murder of Alengad with & Rsquo; appeared shortly after the plot of abduction failed.

~ < P > The Prosecutor's Office claims that the plot of murder was initiated by a network in Iran, led by the Bazganda Movement, Brigade General of the Kingdom of Guard Revolution.

~ ~ ~ < p > Bazgandi and three other Iranians who are not in custody in Iran have also been charged with murder to order in New York.

~ < p > “This is laid in the DNA of the Revolutionary Guard”, & mdash; said ALELHEDZHAD OF AMERICA Voice in October 2024, when Bazgandha and three others were charged.

< P > Then Allenjad also said the voice of America that it is important for the US government to hold Iran to justice for conspiracy and for using Tehran transnational repression.

~ ~ ~ > 62 ~ < p >“This concerns the protection of democracy, & mdash; said Alinezhd last year. & Amp; mdash; Iranian regime challenges US government in the US, and mainly directed against freedom of speech, as well as national security and security of America.” < P > Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond immediately to the email letter of America to comment.

< P > In the trial, which begins on Monday, prosecutors plan to describe how Amirov and Omarov acted in a Russian criminal organization called “thieves in law” that arose in Stalin's camps. < P > As expected, a former participant in a criminal group will testify to the government as an assistant witness. This person was identified in court documents only as a CW-1, but the details of his actions correspond to Khalida Mehdiev, Azerbaijan, who was arrested near the Alleniad's house with weapons in 2022.

~ ~ < p >More than two years ago, police were charged with a man who was near the house of Iranian dissident Masih Alinyadjad in New York. In his car found a machine gun with a serial number, 66 rounds and ski mask.

< p > According to the prosecution, members of the Bazgandi network appealed to Amirov, a Russian citizen of Azerbaijani origin, who lived in Iran at that time. Then Amirov contacted Omarov, who lived in Eastern Europe. Then these two gave $ 30,000 Mehdiyev, which purchased a machine gun and followed the Alinezhad house for about a week, according to the prosecution. At some point Mehdiev sent an Omarov video with a machine with a message “We are ready”.

< p >On the day of attempted murder, Mehdiev tried to open the front door to the Alinezhad House. The journalist managed to escape. At this point, the police followed Mehdiyev because Allenes reported the FBI of suspicious activity.

< P > Mehdiev left the place of the planned crime shortly after he tried to open the door of Allenzhad. Police detained him after he had taken on a sign & ldquo; stop & Rdquo;. He was arrested because his driver's license was suspended and he had a firearm with an erased serial number.

< P > in prison Mehdiev with the help of a smuggling phone reported & ldquo; thieves in the Law “On Detention. One of the members of the criminal group sent Mehdiyev voice messages stating that he” went to kill a journalist “but” < P > Cruel attacks on Alinezhad emphasize that Iran is one of the worst performers of transnational repression against journalists, according to Freedom House. In 2022, Iranian operatives allegedly tried to kill two Iranian journalists who worked for the Iranian International Television Network in London. Like the Persian Voice Service of America, Iran International is a source of independent news directed at the audience in Iran.

< P > In Iran itself, the government has long resorted to repression against independent journalists and other critics. Estimated & ldquo; freedom house & RDQUO;, the country ranks 176th of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index, where 180 is the worst media of media freedom.

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