john bolton now seen a member of the iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps, charged by the u. s. sharon per se, was reportedly offering $100000.00 for the hit thought to be in retaliation for an earth strike that killed senior iranian military officer council sula. mommy, 2 years ago on or about january 3rd, 2020 to some silly money the former commander of their ron's islamic revolutionary guard, cor kilo d. s. force was killed by u. s. air strike in iraq. certain members of the leadership of iran denounced the killing, and if publicly vowed revenge, general cilla molly was a hugely popular figure in to run on his killing brought hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets and protest. many experts considered him as the key figure behind a runs foreign strategy in the middle east on the architect of its regional influence . salamis murder by drone, intensified tensions between washington on to run, professor out the university of iran sides. mohammed's mirandi believes there was no object of reason or escalation for his killing this accusation. the united states has a tr

and to a ron's islamic revolutionary guard course. so again, early information, no hard and fast links yet, but that is what we know about the suspect at this point. and when about salmon roofed his condition, has there been any update we don't know a lot of new information. marianna, about his condition. there's been no updates from the hospital where he's being treated in pennsylvania and also not from his agent, but we knows what we heard on friday that someone rusty is on a ventilator that he wasn't able to speak on friday. that he might lose an eye as we heard that he suffered, severe injury to his liver also that the nerves in his arm i have been severed as well. we know that he underwent surgery after arriving at that hospital in erie, pennsylvania. and there are obviously, you know, ongoing treatment taking place at the hospital, but there is no new information about his condition today. did have a soon as soon as kind of for us from washington d. c. c. me. thank you so much. a search warrant has revealed that f b i. agents wh

enforcement investigations that his social media accounts showed that he was sympathetic to iran's islamic revolutionary guard to corps and to shia extremism. i should say that those are just the 1st reports that we've seen. they haven't established hard and fast links to the revolutionary guard core. and again, we know that he was arrested on the scene and charged with attempted murder. 2 days you said officially, officials or rather certainly hoping to glean more information on his background in the coming days. that was d. w, as to me, that was gone to reporting for us from washington d. c. c. me. thank you so much. let's turn our attention to kenya now, where a vote counting in the presidential and parliamentary election has dragged into a 5th dame. the opposition leader railroad dingum, and the deputy president william rudo are running neck and neck with a history of disputed elections. the electoral commission is now under pressure to declare a winner soon. well, just how much longer will canyon voters have to wait to find out who is there next president? i put that question to d. w correspondent,

making any concession at all that would allow non-americans to do business with the islamic revolutionary get around essentially u.s. sanctions? >> we would not. we have not and will not negotiate any lowering of our standards about what european or other countries need to do if they want to go into business with iran, they have to respect the sanctions. the sanctions are very well defined. the treasury department puts out very clear standards for what companies need to do, what kind of dueiligence they need to do . any reports to the contrary claiming we will lower or negotiate those standards are just flat-out wrong. >> how much relief would iran get? one analysis that opposes you reentering the deal says iran would gain access to tens of millions of dollars of central bank assets that are currently frozen and be able tsell tens of billions of dollars more oil. >> i am not going to give you a number because that would be highly speculative, but i can say there are assets that have been frozen, assets that iran collected at a time when sanctions were not in place that are now in bank acc

. >>> the you had has charged a member of iran's islamic revolutionary it guard to to murder john boltonformer member of the president trump's cabinet. >> he attempted to pay people in the united states $300,000 to carry out the killing. bolton is known for hihard line stance against iran. the justice department says thatlot was likely in retaliation for the death of top iranian general solaimani in january of 2020. the 25-year-old man has not been taken into custody and is likely outside of the u.s. the u.s. has put him on the wanted list. the administration of joe biden is committed to protecting all americans from violence and terrorism. >> iran's foreign ministry denies the charges and warns against any action under the pretext of the accusations. >>> and new figures from the united states show that inflation remain high in july but there are signs that the pressure might be easing. consumer prices were up 8.5% from a year earlier, the fifth consecutive month that the figure was above 8%. drivers may be feeling some relief as gasoliline prices fel 7.7% from june but they are still pa

national security interests. >> and number of the islamic revolutionary guard corps was charged withto assassinate former national security advisor john bolton. is the threat of iranian attempts to assassinate former senior officials for the assassination of qasem soleimani -- is that threat ongoing, and do you fear it will last for a while? >> i'm not going to comment on the work the department of justice has done. i think it speaks for itself. i would repeat what the secretary of state and national security advisor have said, which is that this president will be relentless in protecting americans, if they are in or out of uniform, if they are current or former officials, and i think iran has gotten the message that if it threatens our citizens, we will respond decisively. >> thank. >> thank you. -- thank. >> thank you. -- thank you very much. >> thank you. judy: the press, politicians, and the public are struggling to untangle and not of questions, new and old, following the unprecedented search of a former president's home earlier this week -- untangle a not -- untangle a knot of

is someone who has been quite explicit on social media about his affair in relation to the islamic revolutionaryat he was in any way supported organisationally or acted with the support of anyone else. quite often, of course, if you are the agents of a foreign state in any way, you keep it quiet, you don't tweet about it. but it is clear there are elements in iran that are responding in ways that are provocative and frankly, just horrific to this attack. one of the iranian state media newspapers has today issued a front—page with... i am upset talking about this image, it is a very distressing image, it is of salman rushdie with one of his eyes blacked out. and of course, we now know he is likely to lose an eye. the headline says, this is paraphrasing, but it says satan is paraphrasing, but it says satan is blinded. this is paraphrasing, but it says satan is blinded. �* , is paraphrasing, but it says satan is blinded. ~ , ., is blinded. as you say, there are some deeply _ is blinded. as you say, there are some deeply unpleasant - is blinded. as you say, there are i some deeply unpleasant respons

s. claims 5 of the crewmen were iranians with ties to the islamic revolutionary guard court. although that's an official iranian military organization. it was added to the u. s. his list of terror groups back under the trump administration. argentina's courts have since greenlighted the crew to leave, but that decision is now under appeal and when as well. and president nicholas maduro says this is nothing less than saft, ordered from abroad. check up on t. v. o is it that the courts of the united states route limojonah's tina that is a venezuela masset. we have the ownership papers and it is an aeroplane that was going around the world. providing service behind maduro are the voices of the venezuelan people calling for the plane and its crew to be returned immediately in the line. as my mind set in today, we are going to deliver a document to the argentine embassy, requesting speed in the pronouncement. and in the return, not only of the plane, but also of the crew that weatherly represents venezuela means that telling one government to ground the plane of another and detain

the former commander other ron's islamic revolutionary guard corps, k o d s force was killed by u. s. air strike in iraq. certain members of the leadership of iran denounced the killing and if publicly vowed revenge, general sullen mommy was a hugely popular figure in a run on his killing broad hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets and protest. many experts considered him as the key figure behind to runs foreign strategy in the middle east on the architect off its regional influence. solomon, these murder by grown, intensified tensions between washington on a run professor of university of to run science mohammed moran. they believed there was no objective reason or explanation for his killing this accusation. the united states has a tradition of lying about intelligence and such information. and we know, for example, that when the united states murder, general sony mommy, later on, it was exposed that the defense secretary. in his memoir he said that trump just simply wanted to, to kill him. and that the reason for his killing that was given was all false when the unit

that's as iran cancels a demand that the islamic revolutionary guard corps be removed from the u. s. department's list of terrorist organizations, which signifies a step towards a new deal. christopher holly, political analysts and researcher says one of the major issues affecting relations is america's disapproval of trans relationship with foreign partners. i see that this report is again a part of the iranian phobia that sir pervasive amongst the ruling class in deletes in washington. and what we see here, again, is akin to what we saw with russia gate, where these allegations are being put on the iranian government. in the midst of the re negotiate ssion of the, of a new nuclear agreement, a hopefully going back to what the j. c, p u a was, this is just propaganda coming out of a washington with the help of a langley. and i wouldn't put any merit in this in this propaganda. it seems like part of the american ally is trying to disrupt a potential deal between iran and the united states. what do you think is the reason for the failure of the united states is relations with her?

today the justice department announced that a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard is now wanted and facing charges for trying to arrange bolton's assassination. he allegedly attempted to pay $300,000 to people near the united states toe carry out that killing in 2021. it's believed to be in retaliation for the killing of iranian commander qassem soleimani in 2020. in a statement, bolton thanked u.s. authorities for tracking the threat and bringing criminal charges. >>> stanford university is asking for the public's health after a rape was reported on campus. the victim told the university she was in a parking lot around 5:00 p.m. last night when a man grabbed her, pulled her into a bathroom and raped her. it happened near the willboro hall dorm. the victim does not want the speak with police. safety officers have beefed up patrols in the area and anyone with information is urged to come forward. >>> a 75-year-old man accused of killing a palo alto teenager in 1982 appeared before a judge today. his name is gary ramirez. he appeared virtually in a hawaii courtroom for an extradit

of president biden that the targets became the infrastructure of groups associated with the islamic revolutionaryps, the command said that precision strikes would protect us forces from attacks like those that were committed on august 15 against american personnel by pro-iranian detachments. the german authorities will give almost 30 billion euros in financial assistance to two companies that purchase gas, bloomberg business portal reports. the money should help importers cope with rising fuel prices . for them, there is an additional fee for electricity to connect a german family. it will be about 500 euros per year, you will have to pay it , at least until the end of 24 years. this means that all the costs associated with the sanctions policy of their government will become a burden for residents. in north ossetia, the first harvest of hazelnuts is harvested, while a small 100 g walnut orchard from a tree appeared in the republic a few years ago. the local climate and soil are ideal for growing italian varieties, and they are the most favorite among confectioners around the world, and the prosp

president biden ordered the strikes on the bingers used by groups tied to iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. a u.s. central command says no one was killed. let's bring in salma abdelaziz who is following all of this. this was in response to some attacks near the u.s. base? >> absolutely. the u.s. is describing it as retal retaliatory, they say it is in response to something that happened on august 15. let's go to around 4:00 a.m. this morning according to sources on the ground, multiple precision strikes on the bunkers that were being used by a militant group on the ground, this is a group backed by the revolutionary guard, the united states saying the bunkers were being used for logistical support to house weapons and essentially what they wanted to do is to degrade iran's capabilities inside syria. they say the intention was not to kill anyone on the ground, and that they were successful in that, there is no death toll, but we haven't heard from iran itself. tehran has yet to respond to the attack on the ground. but again, i describe this as retaliatory. on august 15, there wa

>> well, my reaction is that the iranians remain very, very dangerous in that the islamic revolutionary force, where presumabl the operator that is trying to do thiss from is a very dangerous organization. and one of the things the previous administration did, o course, is take out the head of the qods force when he was busy in baghdad and planning we believe operations against americans. the elements of iran have gotten more dangerous in rent years in terms of their proxy elements in lebanon, iran, yemen and other places again, all enabled by the qods force. the qods force activities have gotten more dangero and the drones and other retaliatory capabilities have gotten more challenging as well. that said, something that would roll back their nuclear program, without havingeen any of the details, but if it rolls it back very considerably, that would be something, i think, that you have to have very,ery serious examination. not because it couldn't preclude what might be option b on the other hand which is something thatould open up who knows what if you actually had to take out that nucl

president joe biden ordered the strikes, in there is or on bunkers used by groups tied to iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. u.s. central command says no one was killed, the strikes are meant to defend and protect american forces from attacks like one on august 15th. when the drone strike targeted a compound run by u.s. back syrian opposition fighters. still to come, ukraine is celebrating independence day. wow locked in a fight for its very existence. we will look at where the war stands right now. six months after russia's invasion. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪ you're never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. families are struggling with inflation and congress and president biden just did something about it. signing the inflation reduction act. it means lower drug costs for millions and ramps up production of american-made clean energy, bringing down monthly energy costs for families. and it's the boldest action on climate change we've ever seen. it means lower costs for us and a brighter future for them. a historic win that will bring relief to millions of people. con

something that was in the planning stages but in the late planning stages where this member of the islamic revolutionary called someone and asked him for information, first of all, john bolton and said he wanted a hit on john bolton and offered $300,000, at the same time offering up photos of john bolton's residence and saying that he wants this assassination to take place in the parking garage underneath the residence where john bolton apparently lives. so it seems to be in the fairly late stages of planning. however the person he was talking to was an informant to u.s. authorities. so he offered up this $300,000 for john bolton and said apparently that there was another job for $1 million the u.s. understands to be former secretary of state mike pompeo. we understand that the u.s. does have very tight security both on former and current government officials who in any way could be the target of iranians. one of the things that iran has said in the past, that they want retaliation for the 2020 assassination of their general qassem soleimani and that that retaliation would be ongoing. the u.s. believes

charged a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard with attempting torrange bolton's assassinationin the united states $300,000. that guard has not been caught. the d.o.j.ays this was likely in retaliation for the killing of top iranian commander salamani in 2020. >>> scott perry says three agents seized his cell phone. the chairman of the house freedom caucus has come under scrutiny by the january 6th committee subpna. joining me now is senr national political reporter and back again with me is legal analyst la ruben. what is the latest on perry's phone and what the house committee has said about his role in january 6th? >> well, lindsey, scott perry who chairs ultra conservative house freedom caucus is a top trump ally in the house of representatives said yesterday that his cell phone was seized by fbi agents. he said that they made no attempt to contact his lawyer. he claimed he would have been willing to cooperate with the investigation. he said his phone contains information about his legislative and political and personal life which is none of the government's business. he sa

let's talk about this alleged plot points to the islamic revolutionary guard, which is especially theroup sanctioned by the iranian government, right. it's the iranian government. during the trump administration, the head of the guard was assassinated and this plot was borne then. on the first anniversary, late last year, a number of these people became targets. what's interesting, first of all, seems to me is not only the justice department indictment carefully drawn and explained by assistant attorney general in charge of national security, but also the people who have been criticizing the justice department the last 48 hours over the trumpgate, the boxes from mar-a-lago, are silent here and are realizing how careful both the fbi and the justice department have been in this case. i think the danger continues. i doubt there's only one person cited in this indictment who is responsible for this. again, carefully he was tracked and the information seems to me very solid that he offered an fbi informant $300,000. ongoing and something to watch as, perhaps, the nuclear agreement with ira

the pentagon said president biden ordered the strikes to target fighters connected to the islamic revolutionary guard corps. congress has not formally authorized military action in syria. last mon, 60% of democrats voted to and our role in syria. in bangladesh, thousands of rohingya muslims have staged protests in refugee camps to mark five years since burmese soldiers began a campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide against their community. the u.n. reports as many as 10,000 rohingya were killed by burmese forces during the 2017 pogroms, though some estimates put the death toll at more than twice that number. another 730,000 rohingya were forced to flee burma. on thursday, protesters in a sprawling refugee camp in cox's bazar said they're ready to be repatriated, but only if they're guaranteed security and burmese citizenship. >> today, we are holding a demonstration, because in 2017 the burmese people killed our community. they killed my husband, raped our children, and snatched children from mothers. >> we are now ready to go back to burma. but our demand is we must get our citizenship righ

the justice department has charged a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps with murder forent officials say that he offered $300,000 to a perspective assassin to kill john bolton in washington or maryland. >> we face a rising threat from regimes to look to reach beyond their own borders to commit acts of oppression including in the united states. this is an appalling example of the government of iran creating trans national violence. >> officials say the man is at large, abroad. they say he offered a second job for the assassin. officials say bolton, former secretary of state mike pompeo, former iran envoy brian hook have been under threat from iran as a response to the u.s. assassination of soleimani in 2020. in a statement, iran says, america is reentering the failed 2015 nuclear deal will be a seven inflicted wound to ourselves and our closest middle east allies. i remain committed to make sure it does not happen. the biden administration has been trying to restore a nuclear agreement with iran saying it's the most effective way of preventing iran from getting a nuclear

on wednesday, the justice department charged a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps with plotting to assassinate trump's former national security advisor john bolton as retaliation for the u.s. assassination of qassim suleimani, the top commander of the revolutionary guards. we go now to trita parsi, the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft, who has been following the iran nuclear negotiations closely. he recently wrote an article for msnbc headlined "biden already has two foreign crises on his hands. it's not too late for him to avoid a third." trita paris is also the several books, including "losing an enemy: obama, iran and the triumph of diplomacy." welcome back to democracy now! if you can start off by explaining what this text is that has been sent out to tehran and washington? >> as you mentioned, negotiations have been taking place for 16 months and now, finally, there seems to be in agreement on all of the key issues pertaining to the nuclear issues itself. we saw in the last couple of months, there were several demands the

in charging documents unsealed this afternoon, the justice department said a member of the islamic revolutionarypted to hire a person in the united states to kill john bolton for $300,000. officials say the plot was likely in retaliation for the 2020 killing of iranian major general. joining me is nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. i know you've been working the phones and talking to folks about this today. what more can you tell us? >> this individual who has been charged and he's in tehran and beyond their reach, but apparently, according to an informant, working with the u.s. government, this man tried to hire the informant for $300,000 to kill john bolton, the former national security adviser who was a hard-liner on iran, deeply opposed to the iran nuclear deal, still is, and also one of the framers of the maximum pressure campaign against iran under the trump administration which, in fact, did designate the tehran government as a state sponsor of terror, a designation that the biden administration has refused to withdraw despite pressure at the nuclear negotiation

have remained stalled for months, in part due to president biden's decision to keep iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps on a terrorist blacklist. in immigration news, the biden administration said monday it's officially ending the contested trump-era remain in mexico policy and will no longer force asylum seekers to wait in mexico while their cases are resolved in u.s. courts. the announcement came just hours after a judge lifted an injunction, in effect since december, blocking biden officials from terminating the program formally known as the migrant protection protocols, or mpp. the supreme court ruled in the june biden administration had the authority to end the policy. thousandof asylum seekers enrolled in the program reported faced kidnappings, tture, rapes, and other extremely dangerous conditions while waiting in mexico. a federal court in brunswick, georgia, has sentenced the white father and son gregory and travis mcmichael to additional terms of life in prison on federal hate crimes charges for the 2020 murder of ahmaud arbery, a 25-year-old black man shot and killed while joggin

. >>> the islamic revolutionary guard corps member has been charged in a plot to murder former nationaldviser john bolton. the 45-year-old iranian operative is accused of attempting to arrange his assassination likely for retaliation in the killing of an iranian command ner 2020, offering to pay $300,000 to individuals in the u.s. to carry out that attack. former secretary of state mike pompeo was also reportedly the target of the assassination plot. the operative remains at large. but in a statement, bolton thanked u.s. authorities for tracking the threat and bringing criminal charges. iran's foreign ministry declined based on fictitious accusations. >>> a deadly string of explosions in the crimea region yesterday. in a statement, ukrainian air force says the airfield which housed russian fighter jets and military planes was also rendered completely unusable following the attack. moscow however is denying any aircraft were damaged or any attack took place. but satellite images released yesterday by planet labs, an american company, appeared to show the aftermath of an explosion. those

president biden ordered the strikes on bunkers used by groups tied to iran's islamic revolutionary guards a week after rockets struck near a military base housing u.s. troops. interesting as negotiations continue with iran over the nuclear program. >> a great point. the context of it all, right? and where they said they got progressed in the last week. authorities tell cnn they monitored 13 bunker used by those groups for ammunitions storage and logistics support and struck nine of them. no one was killed, but two groups on the ground put the death toll between six and ten people. cnn has not yet been able to independently verify those claims. >>> coming up next, the heated matchup now set for the governor's race in florida. it could give us an early preview of what issues will take center stage more broadly in 2024. former republican congressman from florida joins me live with his perspective. >>> moments away from the opening bell on wall street. futures looking pretty mixed, relatively flat after a third negative day for the major indices, the dow and the s&p 500. investors really wai

allegedly a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. fbi says in 2021, he tried to get an informant to hire someone for $200,000 in order to eliminate someone. that number grew to $300,000. the man even sent screen shots of bolton's home address and photographs of stacks of money to the inform want. he allegedly said the killing should happen in bolton's office garage, with the informant noting it was a high traffic area. >> this was not an idle threat and this is not the first time we have uncovered brazen acts by iran to exact revenge against individuals on u.s. soil. >> the fbi alleges that iran wanted to kill bolton in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of soleimani, a top iranian general the trump administration said was planning attacks on americans. though bolton was no longer in the administration when the air strike was carried out, he's long advocated for a more hawkish u.s. policy towards iran. after the soleimani assassination, bolton tweeted, congratulations to all involved in eliminating soleimani. hope this is a first

after the united states military conducted airstrikes yesterday in syria on targets linked to islamic revolutionaryps. u.s. jets bombed nine bunkers, we are told, that served as ammunition depots and supplied facilities, according to a military official. >>> the chinese government is locking down yet another city as officials scrambled to contain a tiny covid outbreak. it is happening on the outskirts of beijing. several hundred thousands of people there facing new restrictions after authorities report just eight new cases. for context, new york city is averaging 2400 new cases every day. a small outbreak raising fears of another lockdown in beijing, where antigovernment graffiti is popping up at covid testing centers across the city. antigovernment in china. >> people here in beijing and around the country ending so many hours doing this, waiting for a covid test every few days. many find it frustrating. that frustration flared up at this very covid station only days before someone defaced it. painting in chinese, stupid prevention patrol, along with a slogan associated with the 1989 protest at th

investigators say he expressed views sympathetic to the islamic revolutionary guard corps on social mediaighbors unnerved by the sight of federal agents. >> i'm scared, you know he'll scared because you don't know who your next-door neighbor is. >> another author, j.k. rowling expressed her support for rusty after the attack on social media, then said someone tweeted at her, saying you are next. warner bros. discovery, which has the rightsl to the harry potter franchise, issued a statement condemning the threats against her. rowling says police are now investigating. >> valerie castro, thank you. >>> china turning up the dial and restarting military drills near taiwan after another group of u.s. lawmakers made an unannounced trip to the island. taiwan's defense ministry reported detected 30 chinese warplanes and five warships near the island today. beijing says the military exercises are a solemn response to a surprise visit to taiwan by democratic senator ed markey and a congressional delegation. their trip comes less than two weeks after house speaker nancy pelosi infuriated beijing wit

. >> shahram poor's has become a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps tried hiring an assassinty advisor, john bolton. that's according to the department of justice. officials charged him with murder for hire. >> this was not an idle threat because the justice department says he offered individual in the united states $300,000 to kill bolton. a source close to former secretary of state, mike pompeo, says doj informed pompeo he was also a target with a bounty of $1 million officials say he is at-large and abroad. current national security advisor jake sullivan says there will be the consequences if iran attacked any american citizen to national security officials say bolton, former secretary of state, mike pompeo, former iran on by brian moore, former national-security advisor, robert o'brien have remained under threat from iran as a response to the u.s. assassination of qassem soleimani in early 2020. the u.s. government has provided security for the official spec speak with a big stress because a lot of cost in the last thing we should be doing is negotiating with a regime tha

the doj alleges a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard tried to pay someone $300,000 to killn, likely in retaliation for a january 2020 air strike that killed the revolutionary guard's commander qassem soleimani. now, prosecutors also say the suspect had a second job for $1 million. sources telling cnn that was a reference to former secretary of state mike pompeo. joining us now is former national secured adviser and former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. thank you so much for being with us this morning. you only learned details of this threat when you were reading the justice department indictment. a day later, what are your thoughts? >> well, i was certainly aware of the nature of the threat. i did not see the charging document before it was unsealed. so having gone through it, i think what is important to understand is just how detailed the work was to send me off to the great beyond. and really the extent to which the government of iran had thought this through was engaged in planning, this is a real window into what that government in tehran is like. and i

officials by a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard.iminal charges against a member of our land scarred who tried to orchestrate bolton's assassination. the suspect also, as a legendary, tried to pay an undercover informant to assault -- former secretary of state mike pompeo. that suspect is still at large tonight. u.s. officials believe these threats are retaliation for the west killing of -- in january 2020 during the trump administration. iranian officials deny any involvement. our next guest followed iranians revolutionary guard during his time in the fbi. phil mudd joins me now. phil, thanks for being here. >> sure. >> bolton was notified of this potential threat in 2020. then, the secret service, we no longer have them protecting him, and he wasn't granted secret service protection until 2021, and these documents come in 2022. why did the fbi go about it this way? was it the right way to do things? >> well, i'm not inside the investigation, but i'm looking at this saying, you just touched on one of the most fascinating things. tha

a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard, has been indicted for offering hundreds of thousands of dollars for the murder of john bolton, the former national security adviser under president trump. i will dedicate every available resource to identifying and disrupting these acts of terrorism, the justice department in newly unsealed documents says nearly a year ago , sharon poor safi offered $300,000 to a contact in the u. s. to eliminate bolton, providing the person who turned out to be an fbi informant with addresses and bolton's travel plans. it's believed the hit was in retaliation for the january 2020 strike that killed irgc commander qasem soleimani. the doj says they believe for safi was trying to organize the murder from tehran. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran perpetrating agree gis acts of transnational violence, murder for hire plot revealed as negotiators are in talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the us left the agreement during the trump administration , bolton said he would do all he could to stop the us from reentering the

has details on the plot and if any other leaders were possible targets a member of iran's islamic revolutionary indicted for offering hundreds of thousands of dollars for the murder of john bolton, the former national security adviser under president trump. i will dedicate every available resource to identify and disrupting these acts of terrorism, the justice department in newly unsealed documents says nearly a year ago , sharon poor safi offered $300,000 to a contact in the us to eliminate bolton providing the person who turned out to be an fbi informant with addresses and bolton's travel plans. it's believed the hit was in retaliation for the january 2020 strike that killed irgc commander qasem soleimani. the doj says they believe for safi was trying to organize the murder from tehran. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran perpetrating agree gis acts of transnational violence, murder for hire plot revealed as negotiators are in talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the us left the agreement during the trump administration, bolton said he would do all he coul

another one of iran's demands has been removing iran's islamic revolutionary guard from the designatedorist list in the united states. and lifting sanctions, which could require congressional approval as kylie is laying out. could you get behind either of these if it meant stopping a ran from getting a nuclear weapon? >> my number one goal is to make sure iran does not have a nuclear weapon. that's for sure. that being said, there are some times that provisions that could prevent this from happening. but i hope that we can figure out a way to get back into the agreement because what is clear is that iran was further away from having a nuclear weapon, we were part of the deal. us pulling out, trump pulling us out has made us less safe and reduced the time it could produce a nuclear weapon. so there is a lot of negotiations taking place. and i think there is a push back and forth that will continue to take place but my hope is that we do end up to an agreement because an agreement prevents iran from having a nuclear weapon, gives us eyes into the nuclear program that we would not have an

the justice department has announced a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard has been charged in a plot to kill former u.s. national security adviser john bolton. the 45-year-old iranian operative is accused of attempting to arrange bolton's assassination, likely in retaliation for the killing of an iranian force commander in 2020. offering to pay $300,000 to individuals in the u.s. to carry out the act. former secretary of state mike pompeo is also reportedly the target of an assassination plot, as well. >> david ignatius, obviously, this just doesn't happen. just doesn't happen. i was going to say very often. >> does it? >> usually -- how do i say this? countries are not dumb enough to target former american officials because they know hell that will rain down on them after. what are your thoughts about this plot to murder former u.n. ambassador and national security adviser? >> so, joe, i think it is very serious. it is a sign that iran has attempted to take what it sees as revenge for the killing of soleimani, the head of the force. operatives have been operating under unu