Iran At 'decision Point' After Trump Strikes On Nuclear Program, Says Us Nato Ambassador

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker based on Iran is astatine a "decision point" pursuing its warfare pinch Israel and U.S. airstrikes connected its atomic programme — each while U.S. officials stay connected precocious alert for sleeper compartment concerns. 

Whitaker urged Iran to activity bid during "Sunday Morning Futures," while noting that nan U.S. is still dealing pinch nan implications of an unfastened border – and nan nationalist information implications of it – from nan Biden administration. 

"It's evidently a very vulnerable world, Jason," Whitaker told Fox News' Jason Chaffetz connected Sunday. "I think… President Trump, arsenic a peacemaker, has made it safer, but astatine nan aforesaid time, we're still dealing pinch a batch of nan consequences of 4 years of Joe Biden, including a porous border, wherever not only did we have, arsenic Tom Homan points out, complete 1,200 Iranian nationals that came into our state that we cognize of, but you had complete a cardinal known gotaways that we person nary thought who they are, wherever they went, and that's a existent challenge."

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"But, astatine nan aforesaid time, you know, President Trump has been very clear astir his argumentation towards Iran, that they cannot person a atomic weapon," he added. "And they're astatine a determination point. They should move guardant and activity peace."

Over 1,500 Iranian nationals who illegally entered nan U.S. astatine nan confederate separator were arrested during nan Biden administration, and astir 50% of them were released backmost into nan country, according to a elder U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) root past month. 

More specifically, Border Patrol agents arrested 1,504 Iranian nationals from fiscal twelvemonth 2021 done fiscal twelvemonth 2024. Of nan 1,504 individuals who were arrested, 729 were released into nan United States. 

Meanwhile, conscionable hours aft Trump addressed nan federation astir U.S. subject strikes connected Iranian atomic sites, DHS released a caller memo sounding nan siren connected a "heightened threat situation successful nan United States." 

The bulletin from nan National Terrorism Advisory System did not mention immoderate circumstantial threats but comes arsenic Iranian officials person threatened retaliation. 

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"It is our work to support nan federation safe and informed, particularly during times of conflict," nan Department of Homeland Security said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "The ongoing Israel-Iran conflict brings nan anticipation of accrued threat to nan homeland successful nan shape of imaginable cyberattacks, acts of violence, and antisemitic dislike crimes."

Whitaker based on nan increasing threat of imaginable Iranian sleeper compartment activity successful nan United States puts tremendous unit connected rule enforcement to beryllium correct "100 percent of nan time."

"Iran should travel to nan array and should writer for peace, and should make a bid woody pinch nan United States, pinch Israel, and conscionable say, ‘No more. We want to beryllium successful nan world wherever group activity prosperity and a agleam early for their citizens,'" he said. 

"So, Jason… correct now, this puts a batch of unit connected our rule enforcement, puts a batch of unit on… DOJ and nan FBI to beryllium correct 100 percent of nan clip and activity retired these sleeper cells and to make judge that they can't activate," he added. 

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Fox News' Greg Wehner, Bill Melugin, Julia Bonavita, Danielle Wallace and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.