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In a notice on the U.S. State Department official website, the agency is advising Americans worldwide, “and especially in the Middle East,” to “exercise increased caution.”

“Americans abroad should follow the guidance in security alerts issued by the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate,” the statement reads.

The State Department is warning that U.S. diplomatic facilities, including those outside of the Middle East, “have been targeted.”

The agency warns that groups in support of Iran “may target other U.S. interests overseas or locations associated with the United States and/or Americans throughout the world.”

In a statement issued on Monday and published by the semi-official Fars news agency, Iran’s Defense Council threatened to deploy naval mines across the “entire Persian Gulf” in response to any land invasion.

The council issued the statement ahead of the potential arrival of a force of U.S. Marines in the region.

“Any attempt by the enemy to target Iran’s coasts or islands will, naturally and in accordance with established military practice, lead to the mining of all access routes” in the “Persian Gulf and along the coasts,” the council said.

Iran’s nationwide internet blackout entered day 24 on Monday, according to the internet monitoring group NetBlocks.

The blackout has now been in place for more than 552 hours, NetBlocks said in a post to X on Monday, describing the outage as “the most severe registered in any country.”

“International connectivity remains unavailable to the general public while authorities maintain a selective whitelist for global access,” NetBlocks said.

The United Arab Emirates’ Defense Ministry said on Monday that its forces had downed seven ballistic missiles and 16 drones launched by Iran.

The tally takes the UAE’s total number of interceptions to 352 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,789 drones, the ministry said.

To date, two military servicemembers and six civilians have been killed during Iranian attacks, with another 161 people injured, the ministry said.

President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei later chosen to succeed him. Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Iran is also attempting to block some shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and expanding its ground operations in the south of the country.