Asked to comment on reports of Iran plotting against U.S. military targets to avenge the killing of former IRGC Quds Force Commander Soleimani, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan asserted that while he would not “get into specific intelligence… President Biden takes absolutely seriously the threat that Iran poses to individuals, to personnel, to facilities and to American interests in the region and here in the U.S.”. “We will take steps to ensure that we are defending and protecting ourselves and making clear to Iran the profound cost that would come if they came down that line”, he added.