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Asif Raza Merchant was indicted for “attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil,” according to the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday.

Merchant is in federal custody, the agency said.

“The Justice Department will not tolerate Iran’s efforts to target our country’s public officials and endanger our national security,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement.  “As these terrorism and murder for hire charges against Asif Merchant demonstrate, we will continue to hold accountable those who would seek to carry out Iran’s lethal plotting against Americans.”

The plot reportedly included former President Donald Trump and other prominent U.S. politicians as targets.