<p>Iran’s failed attempt to assassinate former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357968" _mce_href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357968" target="_blank">former national security advisor John Bolton</a>&nbsp;was commanded by Mohammad-Reza Ansari, a Syria-based commander of IRGC Quds Force Unit 840, sources told&nbsp;<em>Iran International</em>&nbsp;on Tuesday.</p> <p>In this failed operation, non-Iranian agents were supposed to be used to assassinate Pompeo and Bolton so as to hide the Islamic Republic's role in the attacks, according to the report.</p> <p>However, the person hired for the operation was an FBI informant, sources told the website, which is affiliated with the Iranian opposition.</p> <p>Unit 840 is tasked with abductions and assassinations of foreigners around the world, though Iran has never acknowledged its existence.</p> <p>In August, it was revealed that an Iranian assassination plot had&nbsp;<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357983" _mce_href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/357983" target="_blank">targeted Pompeo</a>, as well as Bolton.</p> <p>At the time, the US Justice Department announced that Shahram Poursafi, an alleged member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, is wanted by the FBI in connection with the plot.</p> <p>That plot centered on Iranian revenge for the death of top IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani, who was eliminated in a US drone strike in Iran in 2020.</p>