Iran Assassination Target Bolton Warns Against Nuclear Deal

The former national security adviser says renewal of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action would be a ‘self-inflicted wound.’

AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file
John Bolton at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 30, 2019. AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file

Targeted for assassination by the Islamic Republic, a former national security adviser, John Bolton, says Iran’s nuclear file and its terrorism activities are “two sides of the same coin,” and that re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal would be a “self-inflicted wound.”

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