Prosecutors say Asif Merchant sought to recruit people in the U.S. to carry out a plot to assassinate a politician or government officials on U.S. soil on behalf of Iran.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump, who as president approved the drone strike on Soleimani, was discussed as a potential target of the plot, but the scheme was not conceived of as a plot to assassinate the former president, according to a person familiar with the matter. For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
That shooting, carried out by a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man, was unrelated to the Iran threat and the case also has no connection to the Trump assassination attempt. Merchant was arrested on July 12, one day before the rally where Trump was shot.Court documents do not name the alleged targets of the plot. Merchant told a law enforcement informant that there would be “security all around” one target, according to the criminal complaint.
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