U.S. troops are already on high alert in the region for attacks by Iran-backed forces.
Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group hold signs in Lebanon on Friday. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Friday said that Iran's response to the airstrike Tuesday on their consulate in Damascus, Syria, that killed two Iranian generals and five officers, is "inevitably coming." | Hassan Ammar/APThe U.S.
Still, the fear is that any Iranian retaliation on Israeli forces could escalate and spark a broader conflict, said the official. Top Iranian officials have vowed to respond after Israel’s airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, this week, which killed at least seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Among those killed was the top commander in Syria, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and his deputy, Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
In the immediate aftermath, the Biden administration quickly conveyed to Iran that it had nothing to do with the attack, one of the U.S. officials said.
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