A Pakistani man with ties to Iran has been found guilty of plotting to assassinate US politicians and officials.
Asif Merchant, 47, hired a hitman in New York to kill prominent American officials and targeted US President Donald Trump in 2024.
After a week-long trial in Brooklyn amid the US-Israel war with Iran, a federal jury convicted him of murder for hire and attempted terrorism transcending national boundaries.
A lawyer for Merchant, who could face life in prison, said there are still "complex and significant legal issues yet to be decided".
According the US Department of Justice, Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and was in the US to look for potential IRGC recruits.
