US puts $20m bounty on Iranian accused of John Bolton assassination plot

He allegedly tried to assassinate John Bolton, an ex-national security chief and Iran critic.

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Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of trying to hire criminals in the US to kill Mr Bolton, a vocal Iran critic, in exchange for $300,000.

The reward announcement comes in the same week that Trump said he had been briefed by US intelligence about an alleged Iranian assassination plot against him.

Iran has previously denied orchestrating any plots to assassinate Trump officials or interfere in US affairs.

Officials say that from October 2021 to April 2022 Mr Poursafi attempted to hire "criminal elements within the United States" to murder Mr Bolton in Washington DC or Maryland.

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