A jury has convicted two males of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her dwelling in New York Metropolis in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors stated was financed by the Iranian authorities. The decision was returned at a federal court docket in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week trial that featured dramatic testimony from a employed gunman and Alinejad, an creator, activist and contributor to Voice of America. Prosecutors stated the convicted males, Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, have been crime bosses within the Russian mob. Their attorneys argued that they have been harmless and trial…
