Trump admin threatens Iran with 'consequences' as allies convene amid threats of post-election escalation

The Trump administration is cautioning Iran that continued hostile behavior will bring repercussions, as worry grows that fighting between the two countries could flare again once voters finish casting ballots on Tuesday. State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott made the point to Fox News Digital on Friday, on the sidelines of a G20 foreign ministers' gathering in Atlanta hosted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Pigott said Tehran can still choose diplomacy and a path toward prosperity for its people, but that the president has already taken concrete action against its malign conduct, according to Fox News · CBS News.

His comments came after an Associated Press report, drawing on two diplomats who were briefed, that American diplomatic and defense officials have quietly told several Middle Eastern governments to get ready for possible new U.S. military operations and an Iranian response. President Donald Trump has reportedly not settled on whether to order more strikes.

Meanwhile, Scripps News reports that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Rubio in an unclassified memo of intelligence indicating a major escalation in Iranian efforts to target Americans abroad, with deadly plots well advanced. Pigott would not say whether such intelligence was being shared with G20 partners.

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