Asif Raza Merchant (1978-) was a Pakistani man who was, on 6 August 2024, charged in connection with an Iranian plot to assassinate former President of the United States Donald Trump. He had wives and children in both Pakistan and Iran, and he frequently traveled to Iran, Syria, and Iraq. In April 2024, Merchant was sent to the US by the Iranian government to arrange Trump's assassination in retaliation for Trump's killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. He contacted an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman, and the agent in turn secretly recorded Merchant's plan. Merchant was to steal documents and a USB drive from the target's home, plan a protest, and kill the target, and he was to leave before the plot was carried out. He was arrested on 12 July 2024 before he could leave the country, and he was charged with murder-for-hire crimes on 6 August 2024.