US privately warned Iran about 'terrorist threat'
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US privately warned Iran about 'terrorist threat'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government privately warned Iran about a "terrorist threat" within its borders ahead of a deadly attack last month claimed by the Islamic State militant group, a US official said on Thursday.
Two explosions at a memorial for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores more on Jan. 3.
“The US Government followed a longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy that has been implemented across administrations to warn governments against potential lethal threats. We provide these warnings in part because we do not want to see innocent lives lost in terror attacks,” the US official said, requesting anonymity.
