Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:02pm on 10 Nov 2026,Tuesday International
Former US ambassador Nikki Haley has alleged that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sought to arrange her assassination on American soil through Pakistani national Asif Merchant. Haley said a man had been arrested and imprisoned after paying an informant to organise the killing, according to her account. Merchant was convicted by a US federal jury in March 2026 of murder-for-hire and attempting to commit terrorism transcending national boundaries. The Justice Department said he travelled to the United States in 2024 to arrange political assassinations. During trial, Merchant testified that an Iranian handler named Haley, Donald Trump and Joe Biden as potential targets. Iran has publicly denied the allegations against it.
