A Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran was arrested last month on charges of plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump and multiple other public officials, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court.

While the complaint does not name Trump explicitly, multiple sources familiar with the case told ABC News that Trump was one of the intended targets of the alleged plot. Other possible targets included government officials from both political parties, the sources said.

Asif Merchant, after spending time in Iran, flew from Pakistan to the U.S. to recruit hitmen for the alleged plot, according to a detention memo. The person he contacted was actually a confidential informant working with the FBI, according to the complaint.

Merchant, 46, is charged with murder-for-hire.

Merchant was arrested on July 12, one day before Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot in the ear.

“For years, the Justice Department has been working aggressively to counter Iran’s brazen and unrelenting efforts to retaliate against American public officials for the killing of Iranian General Soleimani,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The Justice Department will spare no resource to disrupt and hold accountable those who would seek to carry out Iran’s lethal plotting against American citizens and will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to target American public officials and endanger America’s national security.”

Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, added, “Working on behalf of others overseas, Merchant planned the murder of U.S. government officials on American soil.”

According to officials, Merchant arrived from Iran in April and contacted someone to help with his plot. That person turned out to be a confidential source who reported the information to law enforcement. Merchant allegedly met with the source again in early June to discuss the assassination plot, describing it as “not a one-time opportunity,” officials said.

“Specifically, Merchant requested men who could do the killing, approximately 25 people who could perform a protest as a distraction after the murder occurred, and a woman to do ‘reconnaissance,'” the complaint said.

By mid-June, Merchant met with individuals he believed would carry out the hits, who were actually undercover law enforcement officials, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.