The Latest Breaking News from Iran

FBI charges Iranian agent over plot to murder former US national security adviser John Bolton

An Iranian operative is charged over a plot to murder former US national security adviser John Bolton in presumed retaliation for a US air strike that killed Qassem Soleimani — the country's most powerful general.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022

Iran rejects U.S. charging an Iranian for plot to kill ex-Trump adviser

Iran rejected as "baseless" the United States charging an Iranian with plotting to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to then-President Donald Trump.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Alleged Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton also targeted Pompeo

DOJ unsealed charges against an Iranian national accused of seeking to arrange Bolton's murder.

Axios · Aug 10, 2022

Bolton was target of murder plot in US Iranian Guard case

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was charged by the U.S. in a plot to murder former national security adviser John Bolton.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

DOJ charges Iranian man who plotted to kill former Trump advisor John Bolton

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been charged by the US Department of Justice with an alleged plan to assassinate former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

DOJ charges Iranian national in alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton

Bolton has for decades been a fierce critic of Iran.

Axios · Aug 10, 2022

U.S. charges Iranian with plotting to murder ex-Trump adviser Bolton

The United States charged a member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to former President Donald Trump.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94

Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made him a major figure in his own country and in world literature, has died in Cologne, Germany

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Iran Responds to European Nuclear Proposal: ‘Yes, but...’

Two weeks have passed since EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell presented his amended “plan” for the 2015 nuclear deal to the parties concerned. The final text, submitted on July 26 by Borrell’s deputy Enrique Mora to these parties as they were gathered in Palais…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 10, 2022

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Warns of Conspiracy to Pass on Position of Iran Guide to Khamenei's Son

Iranian reformist leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest for more than a decade, warned against the possibility of one of Ali Khamenei’s sons inheriting the position of the supreme guide – a move that he described as conspiracy. In an article published by Iran’s Al-Kalima news website,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 10, 2022