FBI warns of Iranian threat targeting U.S. West Coast

The FBI issued a warning to California law enforcement that Iran could launch drone attacks against the West Coast in retaliation for American military strikes, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.

The warning, issued late last month, stated that as of early February 2026 Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast, targeting an unspecified locations in California if the U.S. conducted strikes against Iran.