Foreign powers are likely to aim to promote protests disputing the presidential-election results, officials said.

Russia and Iran may seek to foment violent protests inside the US in the days and weeks after the Nov. 5 election as voting results are being tabulated and certified, US intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday.

Russia, Iran and China are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. elections, an American intelligence official said on Tuesday, although they are unlikely to be able to manipulate the contests at a scale that would affect the outcome of the presidential race.

On Monday, a White House spokesperson said President Biden was "deeply concerned" about the unauthorized release.

Israel plans to strike Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile attack this month. Iranians fear the response will destabilize the economy and stir unrest.

For three weeks now, Israel has been vowing to hit Iran hard in retaliation for Iran’s massed ballistic missile attack on Israel on 1 October. Iran says that was in response to Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on 27 September.

News of the arrests came hours after authorities said seven Israeli Jewish citizens had been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran. The seven - who had immigrated from Azerbaij

Israeli police say they've "dismantled a spy network" that sent Iran photos and video "of numerous IDF bases across Israel, ports, and energy infrastructure."