{"id":1601110,"date":"2022-08-11T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601110"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:54:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:54:24","slug":"doj-charges-member-of-irans-revolutionary-guard-in-alleged-plot-to-murder-john-bolton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-charges-member-of-irans-revolutionary-guard-in-alleged-plot-to-murder-john-bolton\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ charges member of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard in alleged plot to murder John Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-charges-member-of-irans-revolutionary-guard-in-alleged-plot-to-murder-john-bolton%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/oan-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:03 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 11, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The Department of Justice charges a member of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an alleged plot to murder former National Security Advisor John Bolton.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency on Wednesday, 45-year-old Shahram Poursafi attempted to arrange the murder of Bolton in retaliation for the January 2020 death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ\u2019s press release states Poursafi asked a US resident to take pictures of Bolton, claiming it was for a book he was writing and later offered individuals $300,000 to kill Bolton.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say this is an \u201cegregious example\u201d of Iran perpetrating acts of transnational violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach beyond their own border to commit acts of repression, including inside the United States. This is an especially appalling example of the government of Iran perpetrating egregious acts of transnational violence, in violation of US laws and our national sovereignty.\u201d Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General \u2013 National Security Division<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ also said former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a second target in the alleged plot.<\/p>\n<p>Poursafi could face up to 10-years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>However, he remains at large as Iran has no extradition treaty with the US.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAN NewsroomUPDATED 8:03 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 11, 2022 The Department of Justice charges a member of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an alleged plot to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}