Are Iranian 'sleeper cells' a threat to Canadians? Here’s what intelligence experts say

2026-03-24 - 08:10

Rhetoric around Iranian sleeper cells has spiked since the onset of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Counter-intelligence experts and a former spy tell CBC News that while the regime may not use dormant agents in Canada, the threats of lone wolf attacks and 'criminal proxies' are real.