All cases Plot on a former adviser
Section 03 Iran's Long Arm
Plot to Kill a Former National Security Adviser
A member of the IRGC was charged with offering $300,000 to people in the United States to kill a former national security adviser. The man he recruited was an FBI source.
Iran's Role, in the Government's Words
“Poursafi, working on behalf of the IRGC-QF, attempted to pay individuals in the United States $300,000”
U.S. Department of Justice Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Charged with Plot to Murder the Former National Security Advisor,
press release, August 10, 2022, para. 2, justice.gov.
People Charged
Photograph: FBIShahram PoursafiAt largesince Aug. 10, 2022 “member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)”U.S. Department of Justice, Aug. 10, 2022
Targets
- a former U.S. national security adviser
Private people are described, never named. A target is named only if a public figure who has spoken publicly about the plot.