Trial to begin in New York for men accused of planning assassination of VOA host

More than two years have passed since police stopped a man who was loitering outside the New York home of Iranian dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad. Inside his car, they found an assault rifle with an obliterated serial number, 66 rounds of ammunition and a ski mask. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran had allegedly sent him there to kill Alinejad, a staunch critic of Tehran. On Monday, the men accused of directing the activity — Russian mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov — are set to stand trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan. They are charged with

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