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Pakistani National with Iran Connections Attempted to Hire Hitmen for U.S. Political Assassinations

Asif Merchant planned to instruct the purported hitmen on whom to kill in either late August or early September.

Pakistani national with ties to Iran accused of murder-for-hire plot to kill Trump

Asif Merchant tried to hire ‘hit men’ to take out government officials, according to federal prosecutors

Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran charged in foiled plot to kill US leaders

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Asif Merchant, 46, tried to recruit people for scheme to assassinate figures including Donald Trump, says FBI

Man with alleged ties to Iran charged in relation to foiled plot to assassinate US politician

www.irishtimes.com

Donald Trump was discussed as a potential target of the plot, but the scheme was not conceived of as a plot to assassinate him

Pakistani Man With Ties To Iran Is Charged In Plot To Carry Out Political Assassinations On US Soil

www.kurv.com

(AP) — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday in disclosing what officials say is the latest murder-for-hire plot…

Royal Navy and Marines planning 'Dunkirk-style' evacuation plan to rescue up to 16,000 Britons stranded in Lebanon amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran

www.dailymail.co.uk

British Typhoon fighter jets flying from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus would provide 'top cover' for stranded Britons.

U.S. charges man tied to Iran in foiled plot to assassinate politicians

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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.

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Man with alleged ties to Iran charged in foiled assassination plot

WASHINGTON >> A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran 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 today.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil

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WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday in disclosing what officials say is the latest murder-for-hire…

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Why Israel is awaiting attacks from Iran, Hezbollah

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Israel and its allies are preparing for retaliatory attacks by Iran after carrying out an operation that killed a senior Hamas leader. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more from Jerusalem.

US urges Israel and Iran to constrain reprisal responses, avoid all out war

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The White House has worked both on preventing further violence and on constraining future violence once it happens, even as it has clarified that the US would take defensive action to protect Israel.

Pakistani man, 42, with ties to Iran charged in assassination plot potentially targeting Donald Trump

www.dailymail.co.uk

Asif Merchant, 46, is accused of working with a hitman to carry out assassinations on high-ranking U.S. officials after travelling to New York.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

www.denverpost.com

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, including potentially of former President Donald Trump. The case disclosed by the…

Pakistani national with ties to Iran tried to hire hitmen to potentially assassinate Trump, other US politicians: feds

nypost.com

A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged by the Justice Department with plotting to carry out political assassinations – a scheme which prompted the Secret Service to finally boost Trump’s security detail.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

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The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

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The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil.

Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil

The Justice Department says a Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil.