The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.

The FBI warned police departments in California in recent days that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.

“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran,” according to the alert distributed at the end of February. “We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack.”

The warning came just as the Trump administration launched its ongoing assault against the Islamic Republic. Iran has been retaliating with drone strikes against targets throughout the Mideast.

  • SirActionSack@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Why would Iran attack a state that is generally opposed to war?

    This is just so America that I almost think you’re taking the piss.

    The rest of the world doesn’t care or even know about the politics of whatever states.

    • 18107@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m not from America.

      The rest of the world is watching the orange idiot and wondering what he’ll destroy next.

      I just tried to send a package to another country (also not America) and the entire process has been made far more complicated because his tariffs exist. I can see the politicians in my country trying to follow his lead and destroy this country too. I hear about the holocaust level of kidnapping on the news, and watch people trying to fight back on social media.

      America is on the front stage of the world, for all the wrong reasons. Most of the world is aware of America, and really does care about it’s politics.