Assassination attempts: Iran threatens, targets dissidents on American soil
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Iran has allegedly targeted dissidents and former Trump officials for their direct opposition to the current regime as well as revenge for the death of Qassem Soleimani.
Alireza Jafarzadeh sits beside John Bolton during a panel on Iran nuclear capabilities and deterrence Aug. 17, 2022. (NCRI-US) Alireza Jafarzadeh of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gives a lecture on Iran's nuclear program in October 2020. (NCRI-US) Ali Safavi, president of Near East Policy Research, speaks Feb. 11, 2019, at the Prospects of Change in Iran conference, 40 years after clerical regime change. (NCRI-US) Ali Safavi speaks with reporters Feb. 11, 2019, at the Prospects of Change in Iran conference. (NCRI-US) Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
"Tehran saw the MEK as an engine for change in Iran and found the NCRI network abroad as the key to building pressure against the regime."
The Justice Department on Aug. 10 announced charges against Iranian operative Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for an alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton, who served as former President Trump’s national security adviser until 2019. New details showed operatives also allegedly targeted former State Secretary Mike Pompeo.