http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 06:52:46 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/1ec4d73271fa4321837c8bae656f1d71 1ec4d73271fa4321837c8bae656f1d71 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:26:02 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS; PART MUST CREDIT MASIH ALINEJADASSOCIATED PRESS - MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMSNew York - 27 January 20231. Sketch, Rafat Amirov seated left next to his attorney Michael Martin. A US Marshal seated behind HEADLINE: Murder-for-hire plot against Iranian AmericanANNOTATION: Three men have been charged in a plot to kill an Iranian American author.ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: New York - 23 September 20222. Interview, Masih Alinejad, Iranian activist and dissidentANNOTATION: Masih Alinejad, an opposition activist in exile in New York, confirmed to The Associated Press that she was the intended target. ASSOCIATED PRESS - MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMSNew York - 27 January 20233. Sketch, Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave on bench, presiding over the arraignment of Rafat Amirov ANNOTATION: Rafat Amirov of Iran, Polad Omarov of the Czech Republic and Khalid Mehdiyev of New York were charged in federal court with murder for hire.ASSOCIATED PRESSARCHIVE: New York - 23 September 20224. Interview, Masih Alinejad, Iranian activist and dissidentANNOTATION: Mehdiyev was arrested last year after he was found driving around Masih's Brooklyn neighborhood with a loaded rifle. VALIDATED UGC - MANDATORY CREDIT TO MASIH ALINEJAD, NO ARCHIVE, NO RESALE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks++Video and audio content checked against known locations and events by regional experts++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting++Mandatory on-screen credit to Masih AlinejadNew York - 28 July 20225. Home security video showing Khalid Mehdiyev outside Masih Alinejad 's front doorANNOTATION: Home security video had caught him outside her front door in July.ANNOTATION: Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the charges.STORYLINE:The Justice Department has charged three men in an alleged plot that originated in Iran to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses. The men were charged with money laundering and murder-for-hire in a superseding indictment unsealed in federal court in New York.They are: Rafat Amirov, 43, of Iran, Polad Omarov, 38, of the Czech Republic and Slovenia and Khalid Mehdiyev, 24, of Yonkers, New York,Masih Alinejad, an Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile in New York City, confirmed to The Associated Press that she was the intended target. She said FBI officials had read her the messages that the plotters exchanged between themselves, including a final one: "It's going to be done today."===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Feds charge 3 men in plot against Iranian-American activist