Iran-US tensions LIVE: President Donald Trump said the US was moving naval warships closer to the region “just in case” he decides to act. He had earlier warned that an “armada is heading” toward Iran.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a "massive fleet" was heading towards Iran, after repeatedly threatening Tehran with US intervention amid a violent crackdown on protests there. "We have a massive fleet heading in that direction,

Trump promised Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' but paused military action, sparking debate over U.S. credibility and intervention strategy in Iran.

Trump has repeatedly said Iran halted the execution of 800 people detained in the protests, without elaborating on the source of the claim. On Friday, Iran’s top prosecutor Mohammad Movahedi strongly denied that in comments carried by the judiciary’s Mizan news agency.

Tehran on Friday dismissed as "completely false" Trump's repeated suggestion that his threats had halted the planned executions of more than 800 protesters.

More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday.

On this Special Report, the focus is on the escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran. Following reports of the US intensifying its military presence in the West Asian region,

Top Trump administration officials met Tuesday to further refine a set of options for the president to take action against Iran amid its deadly crackdown on protesters.

An alleged death threat was reportedly displayed on a sign held by a member of the public during a funeral for members of Iran's security forces.

Iran will ‌treat ​any attack "as an all-out war ‌against us," a senior Iranian official said on ​Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group ‍and other assets in the ​Middle East in the coming days.