FBI Director Kash Patel has increased efforts to monitor possible domestic sleeper cells linked to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran since Israel began targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities last week.

While President Donald Trump is considering whether to strike Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, joining Israel’s campaign, law enforcement officials have increased surveillance of Iranian-backed operatives in the U.S., CBS News reported Thursday, citing multiple unnamed sources.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Trump will decide within the next two weeks, citing “a substantial chance of negotiation that may or may not take place” with Iran.

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