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Iranian operative charged in plot to murder
John Bolton
(AP) — An Iranian operative has been
charged in a plot to murder former U.S. na-
tional security adviser John Bolton in pre-
Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita sumed retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that
Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na caminda ta killed the country's most powerful general,
bunita offering $300,000 to "eliminate" the Trump
Laga tur locual cu mi laga atras keda bunita y administration official, the Justice Depart-
Laga esakinan termina den tur buniteza. ment said Wednesday.
Cado Wever.
Shahram Poursafi, identified by U.S. officials as
a member of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary
Guard, is currently wanted by the FBI on charges
related to the murder-for-hire plot.
Prosecutors say the scheme unfolded more than
a year after Qassem Soleimani, the head of the
Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force and an
architect of Tehran's proxy wars in the Middle
East, was killed in a targeted airstrike as he trav-
eled from Baghdad's international airport in Janu-
ary 2020. After the strike, Bolton, who by then to have Bolton killed, according to an affidavit
had left his White House post, tweeted, "Hope unsealed Wednesday. Law enforcement officials
this is the first step to regime change in Tehran."
located photographs of him in fatigues and with
Señora vuida Marcela Rosalia The FBI believes that Poursafi was acting on be- posters of Iran and Soleimani in the background
Britten- Webb half of the Revolutionary Guard when he sought to back up their allegation that he is a uniformed
Mihor conoci como “Chela, mama Chela” Revolutionary Guard member.
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues The Justice Department traces the plot to the fall
of 2021, when Poursafi, an Iranian citizen who
officials say has never visited the United States,
asked an unidentified person he met through so-
cial media and who was living in the U.S. to take
photographs of Bolton for a book he said he was
writing.
The person introduced Poursafi to an associate
who could take the requested photos and vid-
Na een werels leven ben ik begonnenmet mijn eos. After the two connected, Poursafi encour-
reis naar wolk 1665. aged that person, who was actually a confidential
Treur niet om mij ik he been prima leven source working with the FBI, to hire someone to
gehad met een lieve kill Bolton and offered to pay $300,000 for the
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in Vrouw die 47 jaar aan mijn zijde heeft gestaan. job. Poursafi told the person that he wanted "the
want. he restores my soul. He guides me in We zeiden bij het ja word; tot de doo dons guy" to be purged or eliminated.
paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. scheidt.
Even though I walk through the valley of the Die dag is nu voor mij gekomen. Poursafi provided the person with Bolton's office
shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you address, including the name and contact informa-
are with me; your rod and your staff, they tion for someone who worked in the office, and
comfort me. Psalm 23 took screenshots of surveillance photographs of
Bolton's office, the FBI affidavit says.
With deep sorrow we announce the passing
away of: In 2011, for instance, the FBI and Justice Depart-
ment revealed a disrupted plot engineered by the
Iranian government to assassinate the Saudi am-
bassador to the U.S. while the ambassador was in
the U.S.
In his own statement, Bolton thanked the FBI
and Justice Department for their work in devel-
oping the case and the Secret Service for provid-
ing protection.
Iran's mission to the United Nations did not im-
mediately respond to request for comment.
Wilhelmus J. Van der Steen The unsealing of the complaint comes two days
*Nederland 14 Februari 1947 - † Aruba 10 after negotiators seeking to revive the Iran nucle-
Augustus 2022 ar accord in Vienna closed on a "final text" of an
agreement, with parties now consulting in their
Crematie plechtigheid zal plaatsvinden op capitals on whether to agree to it it.
zaterdag 13 Augustus 2022 tussen 2 uur en The 2015 deal granted Iran sanctions relief in
George Winston Gilkes 4 uur ‘s middags te Aurora Funeral Home, exchange for tight curbs on its atomic program.
Sunrise February 10th, 1950 Oranjestad. Since the U.S. withdrew from the agreement un-
Sunset: July 16th, 2022 der President Donald Trump, Iran has sped up
s.v.p. gekleurde kleding. its nuclear enrichment program. Bolton has been
Date and place of funeral will be announced Geen bloemen. among the most hawkish critics of the deal and
later. Geen bezoek aan huis. efforts by the Biden administration to rejoin it.