Pakistani man convicted of plot to kill Trump, other U.S. officials in Iran-backed scheme

OAN Staff Sophia Flores 3:49 PM – Saturday, March 7, 2026 A Pakistani man has been convicted by a jury of plotting to kill President Donald Trump and other prominent U.S. politicians in an Iran-backed plot on American soil. On Friday, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted Asif Merchant of “murder for hire and attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries” on behalf of Iran. He arrived in the United States in April 2024 but was “met with purported hitmen in June—who were in fact undercover U.S. law enforcement officers in New York—and was placed under arres

OAN Staff Sophia Flores 3:49 PM – Saturday, March 7, 2026 A Pakistani man has been convicted by a jury of plotting to kill President Donald Trump and other prominent U.S. politicians in an Iran-backed plot on American soil. On Friday, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted Asif Merchant of “murder for hire and attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries” on behalf of Iran. He arrived in the United States in April 2024 but was “met with purported hitmen in June—who were in fact undercover U.S. law enforcement officers in New York—and was placed under arres