Article 6YAR7 Sleeper cells and threat warnings: how the US-Iran conflict is spinning up fear

Sleeper cells and threat warnings: how the US-Iran conflict is spinning up fear

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Ben Makuch
from US news | The Guardian on (#6YAR7)

Experts stress that a weakened Iran isn't in a position to attack on US soil and doesn't want to invite Trump's wrath

As the war between Iran and Israel intensified, teasing the eventual involvement of the US military, American security agencies began to warn of a looming threat of Tehran-backed sleeper cells" known to be active stateside that could be called in for retaliatory attacks.

But as the B-2 bombers struck nuclear sites across Iran and the Iranian military responded with a missile barrage on US bases in the region, a ceasefire took shape. In the end, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - Iran's elite military and intelligence branch, wielding a global web of terrorist groups and agents acting on its behalf - didn't appear to sponsor or carry out any covert operations inside the US, nor has it since.

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