While law enforcement agencies in the United States have not announced immediate plans to boost visible police presence in light of a strike that killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq, multiple agencies say they are keeping a watchful eye on events overseas and will adjust as appropriate or as intelligence warrants.
There is concern that Iran could retaliate and that U.S. interests overseas could be targeted or that proxies could be deployed to strike Americans or their interests abroad, sources said.
Those areas include Africa and South America, as well as Yemen and Lebanon, they said.
The Defense Department late Thursday announced the death of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's secretive Quds Force, in a strike said to have occurred near Baghdad International Airport.
The strike, which the Pentagon said was conducted at President Donald Trump's direction, comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, and it could ratchet up the conflict.