DOJ Charges Iranian Operative For Allegedly Plotting To Murder John Bolton On US Soil

Iranian operative Shahram Poursafi has been charged in a plot to kill former National Security Adviser John Bolton, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced Wednesday.

The DOJ noted in a press release that Poursafi was a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and an Iranian national. The 45-year-old is accused of attempting “to arrange the murder of” Bolton “likely in retaliation for the January 2020 death of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qods Force … commander Qasem Soleimani,” according to the department.

“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, through the Defendant, tried to hatch a brazen plot: assassinate a former U.S. official on U.S. soil in retaliation for U.S. actions,” U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia said in the statement. “Iran and other hostile governments should understand that the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners will do everything in our power to thwart their violent plots and bring those responsible to justice.” (RELATED: Is Biden Keeping A Plot To Kill A Former Trump Official Quiet So He Can Strike A Deal With Iran?)

Whoa, DOJ charges someone for an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton… pic.twitter.com/HtLHWnzw5w

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Bolton, who served in former President Donald Trump’s administration, issued a statement thanking the DOJ for starting criminal proceedings in the case.