US sanctions Iranian operatives accused of overseas assassination plots
The US Treasury Department says the move targeted Iran and Turkey-based individuals, a company affiliated with the IRGC-Quds Force and two senior officials of the IRGC's Intelligence Organization involved.
FBI files uncover plot to kill UK's Queen Elizabeth II
A file dated 1989, pointed out that while the FBI was unaware of any specific threats against the queen, 'the possibility of threats against the British monarchy is ever present from the Irish Republican Army'.