Pompeo warns Iran could activate ‘terror cells’ in US

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that Iran could respond to Israel’s “preemptive” strike on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program by activating its vast global terrorist network, including “terror cells” in the United States.

Pompeo, who served as the nation’s top diplomat during President Donald J. Trump’s first term, joined Fox News host Harris Faulkner on Friday’s edition of “The Faulkner Focus” where he discussed the latest developments in the rapidly escalating conflict and how the Iranian mullahs could reach out and strike back at Israel and its allies.

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“A short time ago, the Israel consulate in Berlin, which is the second largest in terms of, as you know, service of Israeli citizens in the world, put out a notice of things to be aware of, and they were shocking,” Faulkner said of the precautions that some Jewish citizens are being urged to take in Germany, a country that has been overrun with Muslims due to leftist immigration policies.

“If you were going to be in a place that has any markings of being Jewish or Israeli, take those markings down,” she continued. “Be careful who you are around in terms of large events, Jewish events. I mean, this sounds like we’ve gone backwards decades in terms of the threat on Jewish lives, but that’s exactly what this is also about.”

“Harris, I actually think it’s just the converse of that. I do agree this could be a very high tension, stressful, indeed there may be an event somewhere in the world,” Pompeo responded. “It’s not just the missiles or drones, they’ll fly to Israel, but the Iranian IRGC, the very leadership the Israelis destroyed last night, has been working in nearly every country around the world, including the United States of America, to plant little terror cells all across the world, Hezbollah was doing the same.”

“So this will be a very difficult period, but in the end, this was not a reckless attack, but indeed what they did was decent and just and righteous and will reduce risk to the Jewish diaspora around the world,” he continued. “And for Israel and for the United States of America, a really good set of outcomes are in the offing.”

“So long as Israel is prepared to finish the task and as long as the world unites to provide continued deterrence and defense to prevent Iran from conducting all kinds of attacks,” Pompeo said. “I think of cyber threats that will probably be projected around the world too. Iranians have a great cyber program. So lots of vectors for them to respond.”

“We all need to be alert and responsive and do everything we can to deter them from coming after any American anywhere in any field,” he added.

A vocal Iran hawk, the former secretary of state also said in a post to X that the strikes were “righteous and necessary” and that “a nuclear Iran would be a catastrophe not just for Israel, but for the entire world.”

Israel’s strikes on Iran are righteous and necessary.

A nuclear Iran would be a catastrophe not just for Israel, but for the entire world.

Now more than ever, America must stand with Israel. pic.twitter.com/P4ymIucCGb

— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) June 13, 2025

“The idea that Iran poses no threat to us is a fantasy. Iran has killed hundreds of American troops. It tried to assassinate an ambassador in D.C. It tried to kill President Trump. Its leaders chant death to America. We must never let this terrorist regime get a nuclear weapon,” Pompeo wrote in another Friday X post.

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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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