Analyst: Iran could retaliate with terrorist attacks in US

Iran could launch terrorist attacks on US soil in retaliation for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing.

1news.media reports that CNN intelligence analyst has warned, citing previous thwarted plots by Tehran to assassinate prominent figures in the US, including President Donald Trump.

The Iranian regime had tried to target individuals in the US but had always refrained from planning broader attacks, said John Miller, CNN’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst.

“It was a line they wouldn’t cross,” he said.

US authorities had foiled Tehran-driven plots to assassinate Iran critic Masih Alinejad, Trump’s former security adviser John Bolton and the US president himself before he was reelected, Miller said.

“What we did not see, and this could come into play now, is the kind of plot which would involve attacking a location with the intent of multiple casualties,” he said, adding “desperate times call for desperate measures.”

“The analogy is the most dangerous kind of animal in attack mode is a wounded animal and here you have a regime…(with) very little to lose,” he said.