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US charges man with alleged ties to Iran in foiled assassination plot

US charges man with alleged ties to Iran in foiled assassination plot

  • Merchant, who prosecutors allege spent time in Iran before traveling to the United States, was charged with murder for hire in federal court in New York’s Brooklyn borough
  • A federal judge ordered him detained on July 16, according to court records
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