Iran becoming ‘more willing’ to attack US, spy chief claims

Iran is prepared to launch attacks inside the US, a top American intelligence official has claimed.

Jim Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said Iran was “more willing to conduct an attack in the US in response to real or perceived US actions that threaten the regime”.

He was speaking before the senate intelligence committee. In his written remarks to senators, Clapper also said an alleged plot last year to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US showed Iran might be more willing now to carry out attacks on US soil.