A confidential FBI warning circulated to law enforcement agencies in California has raised concerns that Iran had aspired to retaliate for US military action by launching drones from a vessel off the American coast, with unspecified targets in the state, as officials stressed there was no evidence of an imminent or credible threat to the public.
The alert, reviewed by ABC News and Reuters, said Iran had allegedly sought to conduct a “surprise attack” using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel “off the coast of the United States Homeland”, specifically against unspecified targets in California, if the United States carried out strikes on Iran. The bulletin added that investigators had no further information on timing, method, targets or perpetrators. Reuters reported that the confidential FBI bulletin was distributed through the Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center.
