Critics urge sports organizations to ban Iran after regime allegedly executed thousands of anti-government protesters, including young wrestlers.

Iran is skilled at prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program, and seems to be hoping President Trump is out for a quick win, rather than a prolonged regional war.

"It would not be possible to attack American soil, but we will target their bases in the region,” said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

US President Donald Trump warned that Iran’s supreme leader should be “very worried,” as both sides prepare for their first formal negotiations since the United States bombed Tehran’s nuclear program last year.

U.S. and Iranian envoys have held talks aimed at averting possible U.S. strikes on Iran.

Iran seized two oil tankers Thursday while former Iranian minister Ezzatollah Zarghami threatened to make the Strait of Hormuz a "massacre and hell" for U.S. forces.

The 37-year-old Iranian beautician marched with her friends through the streets in her hometown of Karaj, taking video as they chanted against Iran's rulers