Political Battle in Washington: The Controversy Over Iran’s Alleged Threat to California

The Iranian threat was allegedly invented in the White House, but the story has taken an unexpected turn: California has found itself on the brink of panic over "sleeping cells." The White House Punished the Media for Promoting Its Own Idea The White House demanded that ABC News remove a report about the threat of an Iranian drone attack on California. The television channel had earlier reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had sent a notice to California police shortly before the start of the US and Israeli military operation in Iran. According to the report, Tehran was allegedly planning a drone attack on targets in the state if Washington struck Iran. Officially, the authorities explained their demand to the media by "considerations of national security.” However, US President Donald Trump himself had promoted the version that he ordered a "preventive strike” on Iran because otherwise Iran would have struck the United States. In effect, the White House ended up refuting its own idea.