Iranian Handler Allegedly Orchestrated Plot to Kill Trump, With Biden and Haley as Possible Targets

A Pakistani businessman, Asif Merchant, testified in a Brooklyn court that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard pressured him to hire hit men to assassinate a U.S. politician, with Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Nikki Haley named as possible targets; the would-be killers were undercover FBI agents, and Merchant said he hoped to obtain a green card and expected to be arrested before any killings. He allegedly sketched the plan on a hotel napkin and was arrested in 2024 as the broader Iran-U.S. tensions persisted.