A 46-year-old Pakistani man has been charged in the US with plotting to assassinate an American politician. The US Department of Justice has announced that a man believed to have ties to the Iranian regime has been charged in connection with a failed assassination plot.

Following the US assassination attempt on Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020, Pakistan is said to be looking to hire an assassin. Before moving to America from Iran Pakistan.

Donald Trump, who was president at the time, ordered the drone strike against Soleimani, who was said to be a possible target of the man. Tehran immediately announced retaliation for the attack. Many officials who served in the Trump administration remain under tight security.

The Pakistani was arrested on July 12 after one of the people he came in contact with reported to the authorities. “… the Department of Justice has been working for years to stop Iran’s relentless efforts to retaliate against U.S. officials for the assassination of Soleimani,” Attorney General Garland said in a statement.

CNN reported that the US recently received information about an Iranian plot to kill Trump, days after the Pakistani was arrested. In addition to Trump, former Republican Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also reportedly targeted.

The US news channel later insisted that the July 13 attack on Trump in Pittsburgh had nothing to do with the plan. The Justice Department now says there is no indication the case of the 46-year-old Pakistani is connected to the latest assassination attempt on Trump.