The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security released an intelligence bulletin warning of the threat Iran poses the day after it attacked military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops.
The bulletin was sent to law enforcement across the United States, and, though it noted no specific threat, it warned that if Iran were to attack the mainland U.S. it could come in the form of cyberattacks or targeted assassinations, according to CNN.
“In the event [Iran] were to determine to conduct a homeland attack, potential targets and methods of attack in the homeland could range from cyber operations to targeted assassinations of individuals deemed threats to the Iranian regime to sabotage of public or private infrastructure, including U.S. military bases, oil and gas facilities, and public landmarks,” the bulletin read.
It also warned that further U.S. operations against Iran could result in retaliatory attacks from the country’s supporters.
“[US government] actions may also provoke violent extremist supporters of [Iran] to commit attacks in retribution, with little to no warning, against US-based Iranian dissidents, Jewish, Israeli, and Saudi individuals and interests, and [US government] personnel,” the agencies wrote.
Earlier on Wednesday, President Trump said that Iran “appears to be standing down” after the country launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces.
The U.S. killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week in a drone strike, prompting the retaliatory missile attack from Iran.
Early Thursday morning local time, at least two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Green Zone in Baghdad. The heavily fortified area houses the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, near where one of the rockets reportedly landed.
