India, April 8 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had warned the US state and local law enforcement last month of threats posed by Iran's government to targets within the US, even as the White House played down the likelihood of an attack, Reuters reported.

In a March 20 report, the FBI and other federal intelligence agencies said the Iranian government "poses a persistent threat" to US military and government personnel and facilities, Jewish and Israeli institutions, and Iranian dissidents in the US.

However, the report noted that the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center had not identified any broad threats to the American public.

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