10Photo© hindustantimes.comUS charges Pakistani man with ties to Iran in alleged plot to assassinate Trump
A Pakistani man with links to Iran has been charged in a conspiracy to carry out political assassinations on US soil, including Republican nominee Donald Trump and other leaders.
The case of murder-for-hire was disclosed by the US Justice Department on Tuesday. FBI director Christopher Wray called the scheme a "dangerous murder-for-hire plot... straight out of the Iranian playbook.".
The man has been identified as 46-year-old Asif Merchant.
In June, Asif travelled to New York for the purpose of meeting a man whom he believed he was hiring to conduct the killings. He even paid a $5,000 advance to two would-be assassins, who were actually undercover law enforcement officials, the news agency Associated Press reported while citing federal officers.