US officials are reportedly considering seizing more Iranian oil tankers to exert pressure, but worry the move could provoke retaliation from Tehran and drive up oil prices.

The US president aims for a deal with Tehran while keeping military action an option, following warnings from Iran's supreme leader.

Iran believes US aircraft carriers have "serious weaknesses", and Tehran will target them if Washington launches an attack.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announces thwarting a "terrorist" plot devised by intelligence agencies from 10 nations to incite riots.

A large billboard in Tehran features a depiction of an attacked US aircraft carrier, with long red blood streaks trailing across the sea.

Tehran will consider any attack "all-out war against us," an Iranian official declared, as a US fleet heads towards the Middle East.

Protests sparked by economic woes in late December 2025 in Tehran have expanded nationwide, destabilizing Iran amidst an ongoing crisis.