FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said Bahamian officials are monitoring the conflict between the United States and Iran but they do not think that Bahamians travelling around the world need to be on special alert. On Friday, the United States announced it killed Major General Qassim Suleimani, the leader of the Qds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and, experts said, the second most powerful person in Iran. In recent days, hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to mourn his passing. The killing has raised concerns about a wider conflict and Iran’s government has vowed revenge. Mr Henfield told reporters yesterday: “We’re watching it very closely for any fallout that may come from it, economically or otherwise. We’re watching it very closely for the security posture that we have to take. We spoke with the American embassy, our commissioner of police, the commander of the defence force, we’re talking to them about any need to beef up security in the interim until this thing cools down.”

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