Three arrested in murder-for-hire plot targeting U.S. journalist who criticized Iran

Three men have been arrested for a murder-for-hire plot that targeted a U.S. journalist and human rights activist of Iranian origin who has been a critic of Iran, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday. 

The plot began in 2022, when members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran were enlisted to assassinate the unidentified victim, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, an indictment alleges.

That group’s participation in the plot were directed by a man named Rafat Amirov, the group’s leader, who lives in Iran and “who was tasked with targeting the Victim by individuals in Iran,” the indictment charges.

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