Iran’s Plot To Assassinate US National Security Advisor John Bolton As Revenge For Soleimani Killing

Iran's Plot To Assassinate US National Security Advisor John Bolton As Revenge For Soleimani Killing

Recently released court filings (read below) and press reports suggest that the two men apprehended for impersonating federal agents last week in Washington, D.C., might have been part of an Iranian assassination team whose mission was to kill former high-ranking U.S. officials. Yet even as the Biden administration became aware of a possible Iranian plot to kill Americans on American soil—an act of war—White House aides continued to negotiate the restoration of the Iran nuclear deal while seeking to accommodate the clerical regime’s thirst for revenge against former Trump administration officials: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook, and National Security Advisor John Bolton.