At this point, if this doesn’t happen, it will only embolden the regime,” said Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman. During a meeting in Washington on Friday, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman reportedly warned US officials that backing away from a potential strike on Iran would “embolden” Tehran,

Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated co-screenwriter of "It Was Just an Accident," was arrested in Tehran by Iranian authorities after criticizing leadership, according to multiple international media reports.

Six Iranians spoke to The Associated Press about the protests in Iran, describing how they expected the state to respond aggressively but were horrified by the extent of the brutal crackdown.

Even with US forces poised to strike Iran, the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told CNN in an exclusive interview on Sunday that he was “confident that we can achieve a deal” with the United States on Tehran’s nuclear weapons program.

Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested weeks before the Oscars and days after he signed a statement condemning Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters.

The speaker of Iran's parliament says that the Islamic Republic now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells CNN that he believes Tehran can achieve a deal with the United States on the country’s nuclear program. Tehran’s top diplomat says he is “confident that we can achieve a deal” on the program, which the US and Israel say aims to build nuclear weapons.

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen visits Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, where protests started in late December. Thousands were killed and at least 40,000 arrested in the subsequent crackdown, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.