The federal government sent an alert to law enforcement agencies regarding the potential activation of Iranian sleeper cells after discovering encrypted communications that reportedly originated in Iran.
ABC NewsreportedMonday that “encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may could serve as an ‘operational trigger’ for ‘sleeper assets’ outside the country.”
The encrypted message was sent across multiple countries following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khamenei, who served as the supreme leader of Iran,was killedFeb. 28 in the initial U.S.-Israeli strike during Operation Epic Fury. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, wasnamedas his successor Monday.
The intercepted transmission was meant for “clandestine recipients” who possess an encryption key, ABC News noted.
It’s the “kind of message intended to impart instructions to ‘covert operatives or sleeper assets’ without the use of the internet or cellular networks,” the network reported.
The federal government’s warning said that such a transmission could “be intended to activate or provide instructions to prepositioned sleeper assets operating outside the originating country.”
“While the exact contents of these transmissions cannot currently be determined, the sudden appearance of a new station with international rebroadcast characteristics warrants heightened situational awareness,” the alert explained.
Despite there being “no operational threat tied to a specific location,” the federal government still directed law enforcement agencies to increase their observation of suspicious radio-frequency activity.
Potential attacks on U.S. soil aren’t the only thing Americans have to be concerned about when it comes to Iran.
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