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  • Pakistani man with ties to Iran charged in ‘plot to kill US official’

    Pakistani man with ties to Iran charged in ‘plot to kill US official’

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    A Pakistani man with ties to Iran has been charged for allegedly plotting to kill a US official in retaliation for the assassination of Revolutionary Guards comm­ander Qassem Solei­mani, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Asif Raza Merchant, 46, allegedly sought to hire a hitman to assassinate a politician or a US government official in the United States, the Justice Department…