Source: SFGate
“Two members of an Eastern European criminal organization were ‘hired guns for the government of Iran’ in a plot to assassinate an Iran-born journalist at her New York City residence three years ago, a prosecutor told a federal jury in an opening statement on Tuesday at the start of a trial for the men. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacob Gutwillig said the plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad was part of Iran’s more than decade-long quest to silence a woman who exposed the Iranian regime for human rights abuses and for silencing political expression. … Alinejad fled Iran following the country’s disputed 2009 presidential election and became a U.S. citizen in October 2019. She will describe why she stands up to the Iranian regime, Gutwillig said, and why she ‘refuses to back down.'” (03/11/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/at-trial-s-start-prosecutor-blames-iran-for-plot-20215527.php