President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that U.S. intelligence has identified and is tracking suspected Iranian operatives inside the country as the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Tehran continues into its second week.
“I have been [briefed], and a lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. “But we know where most of them are. We’ve got our eye on all of them, I think.”
🚨 TRUMP DROPS TRUTH BOMB ON IRAN SLEEPER CELLS!
Doocy: “If Iran hits back, how many sleeper cells are in the US right now?”
Trump: “I’ve been briefed. A lot came in through Biden’s stupid open border… but we know where most of them are.”
pic.twitter.com/tevRezC88l— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 11, 2026
Trump praised the progress of Operation Epic Fury, calling the campaign historically effective. “The war itself is being prosecuted at a level that nobody’s seen before,” he said.
The president’s remarks followed an FBI bulletin sent to California law enforcement warning that Iran had considered launching unmanned aerial vehicles from a ship off the West Coast. The alert, distributed in late February, stated that intelligence officials had acquired “unverified information” suggesting Iran “allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack” against unspecified California targets.
“We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack,” the bulletin stated.
Asked about the warning, Trump said the matter was under investigation.
The administration’s public statements on sleeper networks came days after U.S. agencies intercepted an encrypted transmission believed to have originated in Iran. A federal law enforcement alert described the signal as a potential “operational trigger” for covert assets abroad.
The message was transmitted shortly after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint strike on February 28.
The alert noted the broadcast appeared intended for “clandestine recipients” and could contain activation instructions for operatives outside Iran. Authorities said no specific location-based threat had been identified.
In Canada, Conservative lawmakers demanded the Liberal government act against Iranian regime officials within one week. Deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman and other senior party members said 239 Iranian officials in Canada have had their visas canceled, but only one has been deported.
Today we’re giving the Liberals one week to table a plan to:
Deport Iranian regime officials.
Crack down on terror financing.
Coordinate sanctions enforcement.
Reassess Canada’s terrorism threat level (unchanged since 2014).
Close the national security gaps.
Finally establish a… pic.twitter.com/kx9wGqCUDq— Melissa Lantsman (@MelissaLantsman) March 11, 2026
Exiled Iranian journalist Mehdi Ghadimi told Fox News that individuals tied to Tehran often enter Western countries as students or investors. He noted that moving large sums out of Iran typically requires approval from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other security institutions.
