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flag Pakistani man Asif Raza Merchant, with Iranian ties, pleads not guilty to terrorism and murder-for-hire charges for allegedly plotting to assassinate a U.S. politician.

flag Asif Raza Merchant, a Pakistani man with ties to Iran, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to commit terrorism and murder-for-hire. flag He is accused of plotting to assassinate a U.S. politician in retaliation for the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. flag Prosecutors claim Merchant sought to hire hitmen and spent time in Iran before traveling to the U.S. flag He was arrested in July and is currently detained pending trial.

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