WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) talks with White House National Security Advisor John Bolton before a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the Rose Garden at the White House, on June 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met to discuss next week's summit with North Korea. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
  • Shahram Poursafi, 45, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of attempting to pay individuals in America to kill former national security advisor John Bolton.
  • Poursafi attempted to hire assassins as retaliation for the Trump administration’s assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
  • Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was reportedly also a target of the Iranian assassination plot.
  • Poursafi is likely living in Tehran. 
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