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Guilty For
Plot to Kill
Iran Dissident
Masij Alinejad
Omarov Asks
120 Months
Amirov 156
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Jan
27 vlog
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 15 - A man from Azerbaijan
was arrested with an AK-47
style assault rifle
surveilling the Brooklyn home
of an Iranian journalist,
Inner City Press exclusively reported
learned on July 29, 2022,
In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York past 5 pm that day, a
detention or release
proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave on
defendant Khalid Mehdiyev.
Inner City Press was the only
media there.
On January 27,
2023, Mehdiyev's paymaster was
presented, but not arraigned,
again before Judge Cave. Vlog
here
On
February 1, both Amirov and
Mehdiyev were on court before
District Judge Colleen
McMahon.
On January 24,
Inner City Press went to a
proceeding in the case, with
Rafat Amirov only. Two
defendants are in Czechia and
Georgia; Medhiyev was not
there. Now now at trial. Thread.
On March 10, jury selection went
past 5 pm and still wasn't
finished.
On March 11, opening statements,
BOP witness and ... Mehdiyev,
about the Russian mob, Guli vor,
and Polad. The AUSA says he has
two to five hours more - Judge
McMahon said tighten it up.
Thread here,
more / extra on Substack here.
On March 13 Mehdiyev was crossed
by Omarov's lawyer about, among
many other things, making up the
death of his mother and his visa
fraud, thread
On March 14 Mehdiyev's mother
testified then was cross
examined. She denied wanting a
green card, and that she told
her son on a recorded call that
they "had" to get to the US.
More on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
On March 17 the trial continued
including with the FBI's Iran
squad chief testifying that
Mehdiyev got paid, $30,000 in
cash - thread
On March 18, Masih Alinejad
herself testified (Inner City
Press thread)
- there was no cross
examination, and after the
charge conference, closing
arguments approach...
On March 19, the closing
arguments, with the defense
targeting the credibility of
Mehdiyev - and his mother, thread
On March 20, the same afternoon
the jury got the case it found
both men guilty on all charges,
though Amirov for money
laundering only on international
promotion, not concealment...
On August 14 counsel for Polad
Omarov wrote in that "in a
sealed ex parte letter submitted
on June 6, 2025 Mr. Omarov's
defense counsel had requested
permission to travel to Georgia
in preparation for sentencing."
Then, "military escalations" but
now "the US, Israel and Iran
entered into a ceasefire
agreement." So they want to go
again, and to postpone Omarov's
sentencing to Oct 27-30 or after
Dec 1. Amirov wants to go
forward...
On August 20, Judge McMahon
docketed, "re: adjourn
sentencing. ENDORSEMENT: The
sentencings for both Amirov and
Omarov are adj. to Oct. 29, 2025
at 11:00 AM."
On October 15 Omarov asked for
120 months, Amirov for 156
months.
On the case, more on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA v. Medhiyev, et
al., 1:22-cr-438 (McMahon)
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