Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, intelligence memo warns

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A U.S. intelligence memo warns that Iran has intensified efforts to target U.S. personnel and that plots against American citizens have reached advanced stages. The warning follows a reduction in staffing at the U.S. mission in Saudi Arabia amid intensified attacks by Iran-allied Houthi forces.

By Humeyra Pamuk and Enas Alashray Oct 24 (Reuters) - Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages", a senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters. The alert from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton came after Washington scaled back staffing at its mission in Saudi Arabia earlier this week in response to intensified attacks by Iran-allied Houthi forces.