"Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years
Prosecutors said that Rafit Amirov and Polad Omarov were working for an Iranian general when they stalked #MasihAlinejad in Brooklyn."

They added that Amirov turned to Omarov, a Georgian living in Eastern Europe, to carry out the plot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/nyregion/masih-alinejad-hitmen-sentence.html

Judge Sentences Men Who Tried to Kill Iranian Activist to 25 Years

Prosecutors said that Rafit Amirov and Polad Omarov were working for an Iranian general when they stalked Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. She has sought women’s rights in the theocracy for years.

The New York Times