Mounting concerns about Iran ‘sleeper cells’ after 1,500 stopped at border:
About 1,500 Iranians were intercepted at the border during the Biden Administration, but it’s the unknown number who got through that is alarming officials — who told The Post “sleeper cells” are a grave potential threat to the nation.
“We have no idea how many people got around obviously. The numbers are deeply concerning,” said Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who previously served as US ambassador to Japan during the first Trump administration.
About half of the intercepted Iranians were released into the country, Hagerty said, apparently referencing a Fox News report last year that 1,504 Iranians were arrested at the border between 2021 and 2024, with 700 released into the country pending court cases.
The US has long listed Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The number of Iranians intercepted at the border grew to 1,650 between 2022 and 2025, according to Customs and Border Patrol data cited by the nonpartisan Niskanen Center. Many flew through Sao Paolo, Brazil, a “hub” for passport fraud.
Hagerty’s comments came after the feds sent out a security alert warning of a possible effort by Iran to direct “prepositioned sleeper assets,” even as much of its top leadership has been wiped out through relentless US and Israeli air attacks.
The caution raised fears that Iran, which has continued to hammer its Gulf neighbors and whose retaliation has led to the deaths of at least 13 American service members, could find a way to strike on the home front.
President Trump acknowledged the concerns March 11.
“A lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border, but we know where most of them are: We’ve got our eye on all of them, I think,” he said. --->READ MORE HERE
Up to 1,000 Iranian ‘sleeper’ agents embedded in Canada: Gov’t official:
As many as 1,000 former members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be embedded across Canada — and posing an urgent security threat to the US, experts told The Post.
Canada’s liberal government isn’t doing nearly enough to address the problem, Michelle Rempel Garner, a member of the opposition and the “shadow minister” for immigration, told The Post.
“It’s a huge problem,” she said. “That’s not just a concern for our country, it’s a concern for our security partners and allies.”
Regime-affiliated figures routinely exploit Canada’s lax immigration policies to gain entry, making them nearly impossible to deport, Garner said.
“They go on to request asylum and get deportation stays; the system has to change,” she said.
“The crown jewel for the Iranian regime is the US, not Canada. The Iranian regime sees the US as the Great Satan and Israel as the Little Satan,” said Joe Adam George, a research lead for Philadelphia-based think tank Middle East Forum.
The Islamic Republic is known to have “sleeper cells” all over the world, and may have sent out an “operational trigger” to activate them after the war with the US and Israel began, according to an encrypted message intercepted by the US.
The US Consulate in Toronto was attacked on March 10 when two gunmen allegedly opened fire at the heavily fortified compound. No injuries were reported, and it is not yet known if the suspects were connected to the Islamic regime.
Royal Military College and Queen’s University Professor Christian Leuprecht said Canada will have to bear some of the blame should one of their immigrants commit a terrorist act in the US.
“Canada presents itself as a beacon of human rights but we let people into the country who have blood on their hands,” he said.
The Canadian government has identified 32 high-ranking Iranian officials living in their country and has flagged them for deportation, according to the Canadian Border Services Agency.
Some top Iran regime members in the Great White North reportedly include: --->READ MORE HERE
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