Iran-US tensions LIVE updates: While it is not known what Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Putin discussed during their meeting on Friday, AFP reported that Russia has offered to play the role of a mediator between the two nations.

There are currently around 35,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East.

Iran is preparing live fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz following tensions ratcheting up between Tehran and the U.S., according to Iranian state media. In a post Thursday on social platform X, Iranian state television’s English-language arm Press TV said that naval forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “will carry out live-fire

Trump has said he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action

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U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced support for the demonstrators, ​saying ‌the U.S. was prepared to ‍take action if ⁠Iran continued to kill protesters. U.S. officials said on Friday that Trump was reviewing his options but had not decided whether to strike Iran.

Amassing military forces and bolstered by Iran’s perceived vulnerability, President Donald Trump says “time is running out.” Replying with threats of its own, the Islamic Republic is trying to restore its deterrence.

Iran must forgo its nuclear program and stop the killing to avoid being attacked by U.S. forces massing in the Gulf, warned President Donald Trump.