A Brooklyn jury convicted Asif Merchant for an Iranian-backed terrorism plot to assassinate Donald Trump and other politicians.Federal agents disrupted the conspiracy after Merchant provided a cash advance to undercover FBI operatives posing as assassins.The defendant admitted to receiving instructions from the Revolutionary Guard to target high-ranking officials in retaliation for past conflicts.This verdict follows a major US military offensive in the Middle East that resulted in the death of
Ali Khamenei.