The Iranian national “attempted to pay persons in the United States $300,000 to carry out the assassination in Washington or Maryland,” the US Department of Justice said.
Conspiracy to kill him John Bolton, of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, American authorities revealed today Wednesday. The plan was led by a member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.
The US Department of Justice clarified in a statement that against him Shahram Poursafi or Mehdi Rezagi as he is also known, 45, was charged in absentia because he offered to pay 300,000 dollars to persons in the United States to kill Bolton. The latter, in addition to being the former US president’s national security adviser, was also the US ambassador to the UN, and the plot to assassinate him was apparently aimed at avenging the death in a US strike of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.
The Iranian national “attempted to pay persons in the United States $300,000 to carry out the assassination in Washington or Maryland,” the US Department of Justice said.
In a statement, Bolton thanked the Department of Justice, the FBI and the US Secret Service for their efforts.
“While not much can be said publicly at this time, one point is indisputable: Iran’s leaders they are liars, terrorists and enemies of the United States”, Bolton said.
“Their radical, anti-American goals remain unchanged, their pledges are worthless, and their global threat is growing” write down.
The plot was revealed to authorities by the person who was supposed to assassinate Bolton, whose identity has not been released.
According to the statement, between October 2021 and April 2022, Sahram Poursafi contacted this confidential source using encrypted messages, instructing him to locate, photograph and then kill Bolton, who is considered a hawk and a warmonger at that. in relation to the Iranian issue.
He instructed him to open a cryptocurrency account, then gave him the business address of a former Trump adviser, before pressing him to implement the plan before the first anniversary of Soleimani’s death.
The powerful Iranian general, architect of Iran’s strategy in the Middle East, was the head of the Quds Force, a unit responsible for conducting operations abroad in the ranks of the Revolutionary Guards. Killed on January 3, 2020 in a drone strike in Baghdad.
As the anniversary passed, Poursafi continued to urge the insider to kill Bolton, promising her another million dollar contract if the first operation was successful.
The FBI issued an arrest warrant for Poursafi with photographs, two of which show him wearing a Revolutionary Guard uniform.
“During their conversations, the confidential source repeatedly referred to Poursafi as a person associated with the Quds Force. Poursafi never denied this,” the US justice noted.
If caught, which is unlikely as he appears to be in Iran, Sahram Poursafi faces jail time up to 25 years old in the US.
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