US Offers $20 Million Reward for Iranian in Plot to Kill John Bolton
The Biden administration seeks information on Shahram Poursafi, accused of planning the assassination of Trump's former national security adviser.
- Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is charged with plotting to hire criminals to assassinate John Bolton between 2021 and 2022.
- The plot is believed to be part of Iran's broader revenge for the US drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
- The reward announcement comes after US intelligence briefed former President Trump about specific Iranian threats to his life.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed ongoing threats against multiple US officials, both former and current.
- Poursafi remains at large, and US authorities are intensifying efforts to track and apprehend him.