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Former US said he was "embarrassed at the low price"Ìýon his head following revelations of an alleged assassination plot against him.

Bolton, who worked in 's administration, was targeted byÌý member Shahram Poursafi, who offered to pay $300,000 for his murder, according to the US Justice Department on Wednesday.

"I was embarrassed at the low price, I would have thought it would have been higher but I guess maybe it was the exchange rate problem of something,"ÌýBolton told CNN ´Ç²ÔÌý°Õ³ó³Ü°ù²õ»å²¹²â.

The alleged plot was likely in retaliation for the US killing of top IRGC commander in Iraq in January 2020, the Justice Department said.Ìý

According toÌýdisclosed court documents,ÌýPoursafi, working inside Iran, contacted an unknown US resident in October saying he wanted photographs of Bolton.

The unknown person then passed the Iranian on to an FBI informant, whom Poursafi asked to kill BoltonÌýandÌýhinted at a large reward for another high-profile murder.Ìý

US court filings also revealed there was a second high-profile target in the alleged Iranian plot with a $1 million bounty on their head, US news siteÌýAxios ÌýWednesday - former Secretary of State head of the State Department when Soleimani was killed.

The 45-year-old Iranian now faces up to 25 years in jail in the US.Ìý

The rebuked the alleged plot as "fiction", and warnedÌý"against any action that targets Iranian citizens by resorting to ridiculous accusations".Ìý

News of the attempted assassination against Bolton comes as 's administration tries to salvage a nuclear deal with Tehran to limit their uranium enrichment activities.

The US abandoned the agreement under Trump in 2018. Talks in between the US and Iran have been ongoing for months, with Washington's designation of theÌýIRGC as a terrorist group becoming one of the main sticking points in negotiations.Ìý

BoltonÌýhas been highly critical of reviving theÌýdeal, telling CNN that the White House is showing "weakness"Ìýby "begging"ÌýIran to return to the agreement.Ìý