U.S. charges Iranian national of plot to assassinate former Trump advisor John Bolton

National Security Advisor John Bolton answers questions from reporters as he announces that the U.S. will withdraw from a treaty with Iran during a news conference in the White House briefing room in Washington, October 3, 2018. 

An Iranian national was charged by the Department of Justice for trying to kill JohnBolton.

According to court documents, Shahram Poursafi tried to arrange the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in order to avenge the January 2020 U.S. air strike.

Soleimani, who led a special forces unit of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, had been a key figure of Iranian and Middle East politics and his death worsened already high tensions between Iran and the United States.

The main architect of the administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran was JohnBolton, who was Trump's third national security advisor. Threatening of retaliation for Iran's malign behavior was favored byBolton.

National security advisor, John Bolton, right, attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and President of Chile, Sebastian Piñera in the Oval Office of the White House on September 28, 2018 in Washington, DC.

A member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tried to pay people in the US $300,000 to carry out a plot in either Washington, D.C. or Maryland.

Poursafi told a person in contact about the job that it didn't matter how the murder was carried out, but that he needed video confirmation of the death. He asked the person multiple times when the murder would take place and told them that it needed to be done quickly.

Poursafi was accused of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and of attempting to provide material support to a murder plot.

Poursafi faces up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000 for the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. He could face up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000 for providing and attempting to provide material support to a murder plot.

Poursafi is still on the run abroad.

The Justice Department, FBI and the Secret Service were thanked.

Iran's rulers are liars, terrorists, and enemies of the U.S., according to a statement by the US ambassador to the UN. Their goals are the same, their commitments are worthless, and their global threat is growing.