The U.S. secretly warned the Islamic Republic of Iran earlier this month that ISIS was planning to carry out a terrorist attack inside of the country, a plan that Iran failed to stop, which resulted in the deaths of 84 Iranians with hundreds more being injured.
The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. intelligence discovered the plot from one of ISIS’ affiliates, ISIS-K, to conduct suicide bombings in the southeastern town of Kerman.
The information that was relayed to Iran was specific enough that Iran could have stopped the attack or at least significantly reduced its effectiveness.
“Prior to ISIS’s terrorist attack on January 3, 2024, in Kerman, Iran, the U.S. government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders,” a U.S. official said. “The U.S. government followed a longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy that has been…
