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Iranian operatives plotted to assassinate Yair Netanyahu while the Israeli prime minister's son lived in South Florida, Newsmax reported Wednesday, introducing a startling new element to Benjamin Netanyahu's recent admission that Tehran sought to kill one of his children, with an Iranian reconnaissance team apparently already deployed. Speaking to Israel's Channel 14 on Monday, the premier disclosed the assassination attempt but refused to clarify if Avner or Yair was the intended mark. Netanyahu said, "There is something here that is unbelievable," before observing, "Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to murder him, tried to murder one of my...

The Justice Department has charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, accusing the man of attempting to pay individuals $300,000 to kill Bolton in D.C. or Maryland. The suspect, Shahram Poursafi, 45, remains at large abroad, the Justice Department said. If found and convicted, he would face up to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000 for the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, and up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to...