Two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard want to kill Trump’s national security adviser, but Biden administration refrains from accusations to push for nuclear deal
- Two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force plotted to assassinate Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton.
- The i movement is likely a response to a US drone strike that killed their commander, Qasem Soleimani, in January 2020.
- Intelligence and FBI officials are outraged by the lack of public charges against the two men.
- They lament that the Biden administration probably doesn’t want to get upset as it moves closer to a nuclear deal with Iran.
A pair of Iranians from the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards planned an assassination attempt on Trump-era national security adviser John Bolton, but the Biden administration does not act on these data because they do not want to derail the nuclear deal. negotiation.
intelligence officers, prosecutors and FBI agents upset no charges have been filed against two men or Quds Force and Iranian leaders, DOJ official with knowledge of investigation Washington Examiner said.
The publication said that while it is withholding certain information for national security reasons, the source was very specific and descriptive of the intelligence supporting the plot, including significant Revolutionary Guard intelligence activities and attempts to recruit an assassin in the US.
The president Joe Biden hopes to relaunch the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program after the former president Donald Trump The United States withdrew from the agreement, and Iran, in turn, suspended its implementation and began work on the development of nuclear weapons.
A new nuclear deal with Iran is now nearing completion following talks in Vienna, Austria.
A Justice Department source said the Biden administration would not publicly file charges against the two men who planned the assassination because it could derail the near-finished Iran nuclear deal.
Two members of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Trump-era national security adviser John Bolton, apparently in retaliation for a US drone strike that killed their commander, Qassem Soleimani, in January 2020.
Intelligence and FBI officials are outraged by the lack of public charges against the two men, lamenting that the Biden administration probably doesn’t want to irritate feathers by moving closer to a nuclear deal with Iran.
Those who helped thwart the assassination are frustrated that no action was taken and lament the Biden administration’s delays for political purposes. And while there may be sealed indictments, the source said that due to the evidence and the gravity of the conspiracy, a public prosecution is warranted without delay.
However, another justice official told the Examiner that “it would be categorically wrong to say that these kinds of political considerations would govern such a prosecution decision.”
Intelligence officials became aware of a plot by two Iranian Quds Force fighters in its early stages, which resulted in Bolton being assigned full-time Secret Service guards in late 2021 or early 2022.
Threats from Iran have also been made against Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other former officials of the last administration who dealt with issues concerning the Middle Eastern nation. Congress even expanded Pompeo’s diplomatic security force in late 2020, which is still active today, even though he is no longer a government employee.
Bolton (left) and Trump-era Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) were expanded into defensive detail after their public service due to threats from Iran.
Bolton and Pompeo are particularly infuriated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They believe the two former Trump officials are to blame for the previous administration’s “maximum pressure” strategy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime.
But plots against their lives are likely linked to Iran’s desire to retaliate for the January 2020 U.S. drone assassination of Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani.
It is believed that it was the plot against Bolton that led Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan to warn Iran in early January 2022 that the US would protect officials “serving the United States now and those who served in the past.”
Bolton and Pompeo, according to a Justice Department source, signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to be informed of classified intelligence about threats against them from Iran.
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