Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US
by Victoria Bekiempis in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#713N8)
Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York home
The 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.
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