The two Middle Eastern countries exchanged messages through a Russian intermediary saying they would not preemptively attack each other.

Iran’s near total blackout appears to be easing after 200 hours. We’re at the very early stages of any kind of return to normal. But early Saturday morning, NetBlocks reported “a very slight rise in internet connectivity,” albeit “overall connectivity remains at ~2% of ordinary levels and there is no indication of a significant return.”

Israel is closely monitoring the fallout from widespread Iranian protests. An Israeli official said Sunday that U.S.

Columbia professor claims Israel allegedly orchestrating Iran protests with Mossad agents, citing former CIA director's social media post as evidence.

There is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon.

The devastating series of strikes that Israel and America launched against Iran and its nuclear programme seven months ago weakened the Islamic Republic’s rulers, both at home and abroad. As protests spread to more than 100 cities and towns across every province in Iran,

On the "Ruthless" podcast, former Auburn Tigers basketball coach Bruce Pearl slammed college protesters for going silent on the unrest in Iran after expressing outrage towards Israel.

In a parallel action to the US sanctions, Defense Minister Israel Katz issued an official statement defining the Iranian State Bank Melli as a terrorist organization. The United States imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials it accused of being behind the crackdown on protests and warned it was tracking regime leaders' funds being wired to banks around the world on Thursday,