US president's open encouragement of demonstrations and praise for protesters refusing to walk on Israeli flag is break from previous Washington policy on Iran affairs, say experts

As questions arise over administration’s claims of an ‘imminent threat,' US president says threat was real ‘but it doesn’t really matter’; Trump reportedly approved strike in June

Global leaders and top diplomats are repeating the mantra of 'de-escalation' and 'dialogue,' yet none has publicly laid out a path to achieving either

Clips show demonstrators flee tear gas, woman apparently shot and bleeding out as public continues to respond angrily to shoot-down of Ukrainian passenger plane

'I couldn’t care less if they negotiate. Will be totally up to them but, no nuclear weapons and don’t kill your protesters,' president tweets in English and Persian

Videos show men with guns on the streets, bleeding demonstrators on sidewalks, police in riot gear beating people and dissidents ripping down and defacing posters of slain general

Terror chief says American soldiers will leave the Middle East in 'coffins,' claims no country could have acted as transparently as Iran after shooting down Ukrainian plane

Four Iraqi service personnel reportedly wounded in targeting of Al-Balad airbase; sources say no injuries to small US contingent still at site

CNN visits al-Asad airbase, says Iraqis gave advance warning of attack; some forces evacuated, while others took shelter in bunkers well before first missiles slammed into site

Defense Secretary Esper says street demonstrations in Tehran show Iranian people want 'better government — a different regime,' but denies that is Washington's policy