
Iranian operative charged in alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton
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An Iranian operative is wanted by the FBI on DOJ charges that he was behind a plot to assassinate former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton.
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Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is wanted by the FBI for the plot to kill Bolton, which U.S. officials said was likely planned in retaliation for the January 2020 strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, a revered Iranian leader and the head of Iran’s Quds Force.
"The Justice Department has the solemn duty to defend our citizens from hostile governments who seek to hurt or kill them," Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in a press release. "This is not the first time we have uncovered Iranian plots to exact revenge against individuals on U.S. soil and we will work tirelessly to expose and disrupt every one of these efforts."