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The FBI warned U.S. state and \u200blocal law enforcement of an elevated threat posed by Iran’s government to targets in the United States last month even as \u200cthe White House sought to downplay the likelihood of an attack, a law enforcement intelligence report reviewed by Reuters shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the March 20 report, the FBI and other federal intelligence agencies cautioned that Iranian government “poses a persistent threat” to U.S. military and government personnel and buildings, Jewish and Israeli institutions, and Iranian dissidents in the U.S. Despite those warnings, \u200bthe FBI and National Counterterrorism Center had not identified broad threats to the American public, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump publicly has minimized \u200bthe possibility of Iranian attacks on American soil in response to other intelligence assessments in recent months. When asked \u2060outside the White House on March 11 whether he was worried about Iran perpetrating an attack in the U.S., Trump said, “No, I’m not.”
The Republican president \u200bescalated his rhetoric around the conflict this week, saying on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not meet his demands but later delaying the \u200bthreatened assault by two weeks.
The March 20 report – titled “Public Safety Awareness Report” – was issued weeks after Reuters and other news outlets reported that the White House blocked the release of a similarly described intelligence product. At the time, the White House said it was ensuring any information was properly vetted before release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe entire Trump administration is working together to protect \u200bthe homeland and the American people \u2013 as they always do,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement. “Media outlets should not attempt to \u200birresponsibly sow fear by reporting on individual law enforcement memorandums that may lack broader context.”
The FBI and NCTC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ali Karimi Magham, a \u200cspokesperson for \u2060the Iranian mission to the United Nations, declined to comment.
MOST AMERICANS OPPOSE THE WAR, WANT QUICK END
Americans have had negative views of the war, with two-thirds saying the U.S. should end its involvement quickly, a Reuters\/Ipsos poll last month found, making the public perception of any threat especially relevant.
The March 20 FBI report was obtained through open records requests by the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People and shared with Reuters.
The report highlighted “the potential for elevated \u200bphysical threats” to targets in the \u200bU.S. by the Iranian government following \u2060the start of the conflict.
“Violent extremists with a variety of ideological backgrounds, including those who oppose the U.S. or Israel, also may see this conflict as a justification for violence,” the report stated.
The report said Iranian security services \u200bhave attempted to kidnap and kill Americans in recent years. While it says most plots in the U.S. have \u200binvolved firearms, other \u2060methods included “stabbings, vehicle rammings, bombings, poisoning, strangling, suffocation, and arson.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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