The tranquil coastline of California has become the unlikely front line in a growing confrontation between Washington and Tehran, after a new federal security alert thrust the state into the centre of an international crisis. On Wednesday, 11 March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a stark warning to law enforcement agencies across the Golden State regarding a potential retaliatory plot by the Iranian regime.
This alert suggests that Tehran, reeling from recent decapitation strikes against its leadership, may be looking far beyond its regional borders to strike the American homeland directly. The dire warning drew mixed reactions on social media.
