Rouhani aide says Jerusalem providing financial help to demonstrators; Khamenei goes on Twitter tirade against Israel and 'Arrogant Powers'

MP Akbar Torki says Gulf state has 'understood that Western countries and Saudi Arabia cannot provide the country with security'

In rare rally, protesters call on Riyadh to free their relatives, said to be jailed over Palestinian terror group's ties to Iran

Senior MP says Tehran will present UN with 'abundant documents' showing 'certain governments' were behind last week's explosions on ship in Red Sea

Images from national tanker company show hull of ship purportedly hit by explosions, punctured in two separate places above the waterline

Buildup includes Patriot batteries, THAAD ballistic missile interception system and two fighter squadrons following attack on oil plant blamed on Iran

Despite threats of a forceful response, US administration is pursuing same policy of restraint as its predecessors did in Gulf, but Tehran can sense weakness from afar

Lack of American response to crippling attack on oil facilities has shown Riyadh that Washington 'not really ready to take on Iran,' analyst says

In TV interview, Mohammed bin Salman says open conflict with regional rival Tehran will disrupt oil prices, collapse global economy; denies ordering 'heinous' Khashoggi murder

Former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei mocks Washington's lack of response to drone downing: 'They cannot defend themselves, so how would they defend Saudi Arabia?'