Rubio receives intelligence agency warning: Iran threatens U.S. citizens with rising threat

After the U.S. State Department ordered the evacuation of some Saudi Arabian diplomats and their families, it further instructed to reduce the manpower deployment of the embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The Associated Press pointed out that U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, who is also the national security adviser, received warnings from intelligence agencies that Iran’s planned killing operations against American citizens have progressed to a certain extent, indicating that the situation in the Middle East may be on the verge of breaking out.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent a memo to Rubio on the 23rd. Based on the information obtained by its intelligence team, Tehran actively planned sabotage operations targeting American personnel. "Iran's destructive plans against American citizens have reached an advanced stage in the Middle East and other specific countries."

The Associated Press quoted officials as saying that the reduction in manpower deployment in the four Middle East countries was to take into account the threat posed by the Yemeni rebel youth movement in the region, and firmly denied that it was related to any potential military action. However, the foreign embassy personnel of these four countries have already kept a low profile due to the "restricted movement" status. They have not been forced to evacuate like Saudi Arabia's residents, and the embassies will remain open.