Middle East

"All the signals are that a US attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes," a Western military official said.

Earlier on Wednesday, pro-regime activists held a protest outside the embassy, burning Israeli and US flags.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "there is no plan" by Iran to hang people. "Hanging is out of the question."

Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, 39, was shot during protests in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh area, according to Hengaw and the National Council of Resistance of Iran's data.

The interim governing body for Gaza will have 15 members, according to Witkoff, though their names have not been confirmed. It remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed as required by the plan.

There are also concerns about how detainees are being treated by the Syrian authorities and about the desecration of the bodies of the fallen.

Turkey, which deems Kurdish militants in northern Iraq terrorists, has warned in recent days that any foreign intervention in Iran would escalate regional crises.

According to HRANA, 18,434 arrests have been confirmed, along with 97 forced confessions and 1,134 people sustaining severe injuries.

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

Ayandeh Bank, which was run by individuals connected to the Iranian regime, failed after accumulating nearly $5 billion in losses from bad loans.