US imposes sanctions on Iranian officials for alleged assassination plots against Bolton and Pompeo.

The US has imposed sanctions on officials from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accused of plotting assassinations abroad, including against former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The sanctions target Mohammad Reza Ansari, an official with a unit of the IRGC-Qods Force, and a dual Iranian and Turkish national, Hossein Hafez Amini, who uses his connections in the aviation industry to assist the IRGC-QF's covert operations. The sanctions also hit two IRGC Intelligence Organization senior officials – Rouhallah Bazghandi and Reza Seraj.