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CIA says Iran seeks to assassinate US Ambassador to South Africa

Iran is weighing an assassination attempt against the US ambassador to South Africa, Politico reported early Monday morning. Citing multiple US intelligence sources and a CIA global threats document, the report frames the issue as the Islamic Republic’s preferred method for retaliating against US President Donald Trump’s assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani in January. Although…