United States: charges for attempted murder of Iranian-American Masih Alinejad
Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad, during an interview in New York on October 6, 2022. AFP - ED JONES
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In the United States, a famous Iranian-American dissident, human rights activist and figure of the anti-veiling movement, has been targeted by an attempted murder, according to American justice.
Three people were arrested and charged.
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When the police in New York arrested Khalid Mehdiyev, one of the members of the commando, he had an AK47 assault rifle in his hand and was near the home of Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, one of the activists of the first hour against the wearing of the veil in Iran.
It was last July.
Kahlid Mehdiyev was not acting alone: according to the indictment, two accomplices, Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, had sent him 30,000 dollars to buy the weapon and finance this operation on American soil.
These two accomplices have also been arrested in the meantime, the first in the United States and the second in the Czech Republic – he is currently awaiting extradition.
After this attempted murder, Masih Alinejad reacted with these words: “
I am shocked that the Iranian regime is still trying to kill me.
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According to this spokesperson for the movement against the veil, this will only strengthen the determination of Iranian women to fight.
Eight million followers follow the Iranian-American dissident on her Instagram account, where she posts photos and videos of women removing their hijab every day.
I just learned from 12 FBI agents that the 3 men hired by the Iranian regime to kill me on US soil have been indicted.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards have been conducting these terrorist operations for four decades.
Islamic Republic is ISIS with oil.
#WomanLifeFreedom pic.twitter.com/T9Hbp0iwG3
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 27, 2023
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