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Czech Republic extradites suspect charged in Iran-backed plot to kill US-based government critic
The Czech Republic on Wednesday extradited a suspect who has been charged by the Justice Department for plotting to kill a U.S.-based Iranian government critic on behalf of the Islamic Republic.
Polad Omarov, who was arrested in the European country last January when the charges were announced, was handed over to U.S. authorities at Prague’s airport after exhausting all of his appeal options, Reuters is reporting, citing the Czech Justice Ministry.
Rafat Amirov of Iran; Omarov of the Czech Republic and Slovenia; and Khalid Mehdiyev of Yonkers, New York, were all named and arrested in connection with the plot against Masih Alinejad, a former Iranian journalist who became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
"The Victim in this case was targeted for exercising the rights to which every American citizen is entitled. The Victim publicized the Iranian Government's human rights abuses; discriminatory treatment of women; suppression of democratic participation and expression; and use of arbitrary imprisonment, torture, and execution," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at the time. ....
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The Biden administration is trying to negotiate with Iran who tried to assassinate an American citizen on US soil. You can't negotiate with Iran.
The Czech Republic on Wednesday extradited a suspect who has been charged by the Justice Department for plotting to kill a U.S.-based Iranian government critic on behalf of the Islamic Republic.
Polad Omarov, who was arrested in the European country last January when the charges were announced, was handed over to U.S. authorities at Prague’s airport after exhausting all of his appeal options, Reuters is reporting, citing the Czech Justice Ministry.
Rafat Amirov of Iran; Omarov of the Czech Republic and Slovenia; and Khalid Mehdiyev of Yonkers, New York, were all named and arrested in connection with the plot against Masih Alinejad, a former Iranian journalist who became a U.S. citizen in 2019.
"The Victim in this case was targeted for exercising the rights to which every American citizen is entitled. The Victim publicized the Iranian Government's human rights abuses; discriminatory treatment of women; suppression of democratic participation and expression; and use of arbitrary imprisonment, torture, and execution," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at the time. ....
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The Biden administration is trying to negotiate with Iran who tried to assassinate an American citizen on US soil. You can't negotiate with Iran.