New York Times: Two Iranian officials confirm Tehran's plan to target Americans According to the New York Times, US officials and their European allies have reported an increase in information about possible attacks in recent weeks; Especially after the identification of a suspicious plan attributed to Iran to attack a UK military base used by US forces. Two Iranian officials, including a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, confirmed in an interview with this newspaper that Tehran's plans to expand the range of potential targets include American diplomats and staff. These two officials, who did not want to be named, described the Americans' targeting as a "permissible" action from their point of view, referring to the deaths of dozens of Iranian officials and a number of their family members in American and Israeli attacks.