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Exposing a Chilling Iranian Assassination Plot Targeting American Leaders

By National Security Desk | March 5, 2026

A Pakistani businessman’s admission of plotting assassinations at Iran’s behest reveals a startling breach of U.S. national security—highlighting ongoing threats from Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard toward America’s sovereignty and leadership.

In a New York federal courtroom this week, the unsettling truth behind an assassination plot targeting top American political figures unfolded with stark clarity. Asif Merchant, a Pakistani businessman entangled in Iran’s shadowy designs, admitted to attempting to hire hit men to kill high-profile U.S. politicians—including former President Donald Trump, current President Joe Biden, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.How Vulnerable Are America’s Leaders to Foreign Terrorist Schemes?This case pulls back the curtain on the persistent dangers posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an Iranian paramilitary force designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States. Merchant...

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