The United States reportedly intercepted encrypted communications believed to have come from Iran and were intended for secret recipients, ABC News reported. The letter calls for the activation of sleeper cells outside the country, according to the alert the federal government sent to law enforcement agencies.
The alert cited analysis of initial signals of possible transmission of Iranian origin, which was transmitted across multiple countries. The alert was issued shortly after the death of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on February 28. The message was sent without using the Internet or cellular networks. It was intended for those who had the encryption key. “The intercepted broadcast was encrypted and appeared to be directed to ‘secret recipients’ who possessed the encryption key, the type of message intended to convey instructions to ‘secret agents or sleeper assets’ without using the Internet or cellular networks,” ABC News reported.
It is possible that the transmissions were intended to activate or provide instructions to pre-existing dormant assets operating outside the home country, the federal government alert said.“Although the exact contents of these transmissions cannot currently be determined, the sudden appearance of a new station with international rebroadcast characteristics warrants increased situational awareness,” the advisory said.
The government alert said there was no operational threat linked to a specific location, but instructed law enforcement agencies to increase their monitoring of suspicious radio frequency activity. There were at least two major terrorist attacks in the United States after the overthrow of Khamenei. A day after the war began, Ndiaja Diagne, 53, from Senegal, opened fire on a crowded bar in Austin, killing three people and wounding 14 others.
Investigators are investigating whether Diagne’s motive was the war in Iran because the suspect was wearing a T-shirt with an Iranian flag design under a jacket with “King of God” printed on it.Suspicious devices were detonated Saturday during protests outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Zahran Mamdani. Two men, Amir Balat and Ibrahim Kiyomi, were accused of trying to support ISIS.Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said that the war on Iran “will end soon,” without providing any specific timetable.
He also warned Tehran that if it tried “anything nice,” the United States would annihilate the nation. “It will end soon, and if it starts again, they will be hurt more,” Trump said at a press conference in Florida.Earlier, during an interview with CBS, he said the war was “too complete” and warned Iran against doing “anything nice.”“They shot everything they had to shoot, and they better not try anything nice or it will be the end of that country,” the US President said during an interview with CBS. He added: “If they do anything bad, it will be the end of Iran and you will never hear that name again.”
