The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, that a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been charged with complicity in a malicious plot against the life of John Bolton. Bolton, Trump’s national security adviser, took to social media to applaud the Justice Department for acting swiftly against Shahram Poursafi. According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint filed against Shahram Poursafi, aka ‘Mehdi Rezay,’ he violated multiple federal criminal laws:
“This affidavit is submitted in support of a criminal complaint alleging that SHAHRAM POURSAFI, aka “Mehdi Rezayi” (“POURSAFI”) has violated the following federal criminal laws: (l) I8 USC 195 8( a) ( Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities to Commit Murder for Hire) and (2) 18 USC
The indictment linked Poursafi’s plot against John Bolton to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qods Force, in January 2020. The previous leader was killed in a US airstrike. According to the criminal complaint, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi openly threatened Trump and other top officials with retaliation if they refused to stand trial.
“On or about January 3, 2022, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave a public speech in which he asserted that former President Trump and other former senior officials in the Trump administration should be held accountable for the airstrike on Qassem Soleimani. Raisi threatened that if the culprits are not brought to justice, “the fist of revenge will come from the sleeve of the Islamic Ummah”.
Poursafi is still at large outside national borders and is wanted by the FBI.
Who exactly is Shahram Poursafi? Iranian national wanted for conspiracy against John Bolton.
The assassination of Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike in January 2020 prompted multiple promises of revenge from both the Iranian president and the current commander of the IRGC-QF. According to the criminal complaint filed against Shahram Poursafi, Esmail Ghani, commander of the IRGC-QF, publicly said that:
“We will lay the groundwork for strong retaliation against the United States from within from their homes since we do not have to be everywhere as monitors; wherever necessary, we are retaliating against the Americans with the support of those on their side and inside their homes without our presence.”
Poursafi, a 45-year-old Iranian with no history of visiting the United States, is accused of trying to pay $300,000 to someone in the United States to assassinate John Bolton. The affidavit contains additional details about the fraud:
“Beginning at least in or about October 2021 and continuing at least through or about April 2022, POURSAFI used and caused others to use interstate commerce facilities and caused others to travel in interstate commerce to plan and carry out the assassination of former National Security Adviser John Bolton.”
Member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) charged with plotting assassination of former national security adviserhttps://t.co/pmXWkiQKSN pic.twitter.com/XcO7TJtE1d
— Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) August 10, 2022
Based on the images, the FBI identified Poursafi as a member of the IRGC and discovered that the organization had entrusted him with hiring persons located in the United States to kill John Bolton.
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