Iranian national charged in plot to murder John Bolton

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% :The charges were brought more than 18 months after the U.S. killed Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad International Airport.
34% :Iran announced sanctions against roughly 50 Americans in January, days after the second anniversary of Soleimani's killing.
29% :Iran has called the killing a "callous terrorist act" and sanctioned several current and former U.S. officials in response, including Bolton.
15% : Shahram Poursafi, 45, of Tehran, is accused of attempting to arrange Bolton's assassination likely in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.
12% : The sanctions were brought against Bolton, former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others, for what Iran said was the "role they played in the terrorist act of the United States against Martyr General Ghasem Soleimani and his companions.

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