‘They Were Going To Gun Her Down at Home’: FBI Lays Out Links Between Iranian Spooks and Bumbling Assassins Plotting To Murder Brooklyn Woman
The FBI is blaming the plot on ‘The Bazghandi Network Defendants,’ Iranians said to be affiliated with the regime’s military elite.
Testimony from two FBI agents laid bare the alleged ties between a trio of bumbling Azerbaijani assassins and Iranian officials seeking to have one of their enemies murdered at New York City. Two of the alleged assassins are on trial for plotting, unsuccessfully, to kill the Iranian dissident, Masih Alinejad, in her Brooklyn front yard. On Monday, the jury saw encrypted messages and call logs detailing months-long communications about the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
“The money is ready,” one of the text messages read.
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