Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that the Biden administration has withheld criticism that the Irangovernment has targeted both countries. criticized. He himself and other Americans on US soil for fear of derailing nuclear talks with Tehran.
Bolton made the comments Wednesday after appearing on a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the top coalition of his group of Iranian resistance. The organization is the Tehran government's biggest political opponent in the country. US conservatives and some Democrats frequently attend group events in DC.
"Frankly say that the administration fears that opening this document sooner will derail negotiations to return to the nuclear deal [with Iran]." told reporters at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC.
"Any government in the United States has a compromise between its law enforcement activities and its international political activities. They need to be reconciled. There is no question that the threat of terrorism in the United States has been influenced by nuclear talks," Bolton continued.
Speaking as "a graduate of theDepartment of Justice, State Department and [National Security Council]," the former Bush and Trump administration appointee,DoJ The Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) finally broke its silence on the issue, much to the chagrin of the State Department and others, as it needed to be dissuaded from similar efforts in the future.
The Department of Justicelast Wednesday announced criminal charges against one of his members of the IRGC for allegedly plotting to assassinate Mr. Bolton. The 45-year-old suspect, an Iranian citizen named Shahram Poursafi, is still at large.
"The Department of Justice has a solemn duty to protect its citizens from hostile governments that seek to harm or kill them," said Assistant AG, National Security Division, Department of Justice. Matthew Olsen says. "This is not the first time Iran has uncovered a conspiracy to retaliate against individuals in the United States, and we will continue to work tirelessly to expose and thwart all of these efforts," he said.
The Biden administration has largely withheld comment from political departments such as the State Department and the White House on the alleged conspiracy to murder Bolton. But it denounces Bolton and other conservatives' claims that comments are being withheld for political reasons. The statement does not explain why President Joe Biden or Secretary of State Anthony Brinken did not comment on the issue.
"The allegation that [the DOJ] filed the indictment out of concern that it would affect his JCPOA negotiations is wholly false," said a White House spokesman, New York. told Post. "As the Department of Justice stated in his March, ``In all cases, the DOJ's decision to prosecute shall be made on the basis of facts and law, and in accordance with the principles of federal prosecution.''[33] }
