Biden administration warned Iran before ISIS attack Jan. 3, US official says

Sen. McConnell supports President Biden's authority for Iran airstrikes, urging stronger action against terrorist threats. President Biden's administration warned Iran of an impending terrorist attack prior to a blast that killed 94 people in early January, a U.S. official tells Fox News Digital. The bombing attack took place at a memorial ceremony for Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Jan. 3, 2020 under former President Trump's administration. The U.S. official did not detail Iran's response to the warning. "Prior to ISIS' terrorist attack on January 3, 2024, in Kerman, Iran, the U.S. Government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders," the official told Fox. "The U.S. Government followed a longstanding'duty to warn' policy that has been implemented across administrations to warn governments against potential lethal threats. We provide these warnings in part because we do not want to see innocent lives lost in terror attacks," the official added.