Bungling hitman worked day job at pizza shop while plotting to kill exiled Iranian journalist in NYC
This trial now has its own pizza connection. Bungling hitman Khalid Mehdiyev admitted in court today that instead of a cool, ...
How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in Brooklyn
Khalid Mehdiyev was sent to America to establish a beachhead for his gang. The organization then gave him a mission: Kill ...
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‘I was trying to kill her’: Mobster gives chilling look into foiled plot to kill Iranian journalist
Prosecutors say that Iranian officials commissioned two purported Russian gang members to kill journalist and Iranian exile ...
Bumbling hitman botched murder of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in NY: ‘I was trying to get the easy way to kill her’
I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her.” ...
‘I was there to try to kill the journalist,’ gunman tells New York court
Azerbaijani hitman testifies at trial of two men accused of hiring him to kill a VOA host who is a critic of Iran ...
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Gangster recalls managing pizza shop while plotting kidnapping in murder-for-hire trial of Iranian journalist
Khalid Mehdiyev admitted to trying to kill journalist Masih Alinejad. Now he’s testifying against the men he says put him up to it.
How An Assassination Plot Against An Iranian-American Journalist Fell Apart
It was July 2022 when 27-year-old Khalid Mehdiyev, a self-proclaimed member of the Russian mob, set off on a mission to ...
How a hitman's comedy of errors exposed bid to kill journalist Masih Alinejad
Trial over an alleged Iran-backed plot to assassinate American journalist Masih Alinejad reached a New York city federal ...
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‘We have to kill her’: Mobster gives chilling look into foiled plot to kill Iranian journalist
Khalid Mehdiyev, the admitted member of a Russian mob who was arrested in 2022 for a plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad. (Department of Justice.) MANHATTAN (CN) — The would-be triggerman in a supposed ...