Iranian threats to US have ‘metastasized’ as proxies employ tactics targeting homeland: House hearing [Video]

Iran and its terror proxies continue to threaten the U.S., including assassination attempts on U.S. leaders and residents, according to a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing Wednesday. 

“The security threats from Iran and their proxies have metastasized even more. These threats include assassination plots on former Trump administration officials, targeting and attacking U.S. service members abroad, disrupting trade and commerce and endangering maritime security in the Red Sea, and attempting to coordinate external terror operations in Europe and South America,” Chairman Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee, said during the hearing. 

The committee held a hearing titled “Examining the Current Status of Iran’s Axis of Resistance and the Implications for Homeland Security and U.S. Interests,” Wednesday morning, where lawmakers spoke with four intelligence leaders to assess the “scope and pace of threats posed to the homeland by …