The Jerusalem Post reports: “Iran and its proxies could target the US with attacks in response to the Saturday killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by Israeli and US strikes, according to a US intelligence assessment reviewed by Reuters.

The February 28 threat assessment produced by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security said Iran and its proxies ‘probably’ pose a threat of targeted attacks on the United States, although a large-scale physical attack was unlikely.

The report added that in the short term, the main concern was that Iran-aligned ‘hacktivists’ would conduct low-level cyber attacks against US networks, such as website defacements and distributed denial-of-service attacks.

‘Although a large-scale physical attack is unlikely, Iran and its proxies probably pose a persistent threat of targeted attacks in the Homeland, and will almost certainly escalate retaliatory actions – or calls to action – if reports of the Ayatollah’s death are confirmed,’ the DHS report reviewed by Reuters said…”