“Once the war ends, the threat is maybe not as immediately acute, but it’ll hang over us,” Levitt said. Reports in recent days suggest that Iran may have tried to activate “sleeper cells” in the US. “If you look at the history of the attempts of the Iranian regime against American interests, you don’t see small, limited types of events. That’s the real question.”Observers question the readiness of the FBI and homeland security department to meet a stepped-up Iranian threat. “A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States,” Snyder wrote.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2026 17:31 UTC