US EditionMan on Trial for Plot to Kill US Politicians Claims IRGC Coercion
Asif Merchant claims coercion by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in a plot involving payments and plans to target Trump, Biden, and Haley; prosecutors say the plot was deliberate.
- On Wednesday, Asif Merchant testified he was coerced by Iran's Revolutionary Guard into plotting to kill U.S. politicians including Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Nikki Haley.
- Merchant says he was recruited about three years ago by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and met Mehrdad Yousef, Tehran-based Revolutionary Guard operative, who in spring 2024 ordered him to recruit U.S. residents for four tasks: murder, protests, theft, and money laundering.
- Courtroom recordings show a June 2024 recording of Merchant planning a killing and, a week later, meeting undercover FBI agents at a Manhattan rooftop restaurant to hand over $5,000.
- Federal prosecutors say Merchant's duress claim lacks evidence and note omitted facts in his FBI interviews, while U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee allowed Merchant to testify as the defense moves toward closing arguments.
- Amid the Iran war, the trial unfolds as Iran denies plotting attacks and the U.S. designates the Revolutionary Guard as a 'foreign terrorist organization' amid recent tensions.
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Pakistani Businessman Says Iran Coerced Him Into Plot Against Trump
Asif Merchant claims Iran’s Revolutionary Guard forced him into a 2024 scheme that listed President Trump among targets, and prosecutors say he tried to hire hit men before undercover agents intervened. He faces life in prison if convicted. The post Pakistani Businessman Says Iran Coerced Him Into Plot Against Trump appeared first on News Addicts.
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The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that U.S. forces killed the Iranian official allegedly responsible for a 2024 plot to assassinate Donald Trump. The targeted killing occurred during a broader military campaign conducted by the United States and Israel against Iran, ‘Operation Epic Fury.’ While the Department of Defense has not released the specific identity of the […] Trump Assassination Plot Orchestrator Killed In Massive U.S. Strike On Iran
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