Iran is ‘activating sleeper cells outside the country,’ intercepted alert says
Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, according to an alert obtained by the United States.
It was stated that the encrypted communications, believed to have come from Iran, were sent as an ‘operational trigger’ for ‘sleeping entities’. ABC News.
Sleeper cells are agents or terrorists placed in countries who mix with normal civilians until they are needed to carry out an attack.
The message was conveyed to many countries shortly after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was destroyed in a joint Israeli-US airstrike in Tehran on February 28.
Fears have grown across the US in the past week that undercover agents hiding in America could be triggered to retaliate following the outbreak of war in Iran.
Preliminary signal analysis led the US to believe the message was ‘possibly of Iranian origin’ and was sent to ‘confidential recipients’ who had a password.
Because the message had ‘international rebroadcast characteristics’, American intelligence believes it may have been for sleeper cells. The outlet said there was no operational threat tied to a specific location.
According to the publication, the nature of the alert was similar to one that gave instructions for ‘covert operations or sleeper entities’ without using the internet.
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ABC News said the transmissions were ‘intended to activate or provide instructions to pre-positioned dormant entities operating outside the source country’.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, former DHS senior advisor and Secret Service chief Charles Marino He said the nation faces a ‘convergence’ of threats ranging from lone wolves aligned with Iran to potential sleeper cells.
‘Is it possible for 10, 15, 20 people who are part of a cell in the country to go out and carry out simultaneous or almost simultaneous attacks? “Yes,” Marino said.
He warned that terrorists seeking maximum carnage would likely target ‘soft’ venues: crowded events such as concerts and sporting events, public spaces and mass gatherings.
Upcoming concerns include the World Cup, which has been dubbed a National Special Security Event. The tournament will attract huge crowds and global attention; Exactly the kind of scene extremist groups desire.
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