Trump threatens U.S. intervention if Iran violently suppresses ongoing protests, escalating tensions after last year's 12-day war between Israel and Iran.

A top Iranian official on Friday declared that American troops and assets in the Middle East are now “legitimate targets” for military strikes after President Trump posted to Truth

Iran and the U.S. traded threats on Friday, after days of protests in the Islamic Republic over soaring inflation. President Trump early Friday warned Iran that the U.S. would “rescue” protesters in the nation if the regime escalates its response to “peaceful” demonstrations.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fired on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on 10 people and firms from Iran and Venezuela over allegedly contributing to Iran's drone trade and ballistics program which the Trump administration says threatens the U.S.

After meeting with Israel's Netanyahu, Trump said he'd heard Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program, "and if they are, we're going to have to knock them down."

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon in Florida.

President Donald Trump is warning Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program. Trump said “we’ll knock the hell out of them” if Tehran attempts to rebuild its nuclear program as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for talks Monday.