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US puts $20m bounty on Iranian accused of John Bolton assassination plot

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US offers $ 20 m bounty for Iranian accused of plans to kill John Bolton .

Shahram Poursafi , a member of Iran 's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps , is accused of trying to hire criminals in the US to kill Bolton in exchange for $ 300,000 .

The reward announcement comes in the same week that Trump said he had been briefed by US intelligence about an alleged Iranian assassination plot against him.

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64

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58

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70

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formal

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English

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56

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likely offensive

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