US charges Iranian over $300,000 plot to kill former Donald Trump security adviser John Bolton

John Bolton was target of assassination plan by Iran, prosecutors in the US claim. Photo: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Perry Stein
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The US Justice Department has charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate former Trump national security adviser John Bolton.

Prosecutors have accused the man of attempting to pay individuals $300,000 (€290,000) to kill Mr Bolton in Washington, DC, or Maryland.