WASHINGTON: An advisory from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned on Sunday of a “heightened threat environment in the United States” following overnight US military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
Rights advocates have already noted heightened Islamophobia and antisemitism in the US since the start of US ally Israel’s war in Gaza following an October 2023 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The DHS issued Sunday’s bulletin through its national terrorism advisory system and said the ongoing Iran conflict was causing the heightened threat environment.