Over three minutes of footage published by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from this morning’s boarding and seizure of the stateless sanctioned oil tanker, M/T Olina, in the Caribbean Sea, carried out by the U.S. Coast Guard in coordination with Sailors and Marines assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS).

Footage published by Iran International which appears to show multiple bodies laying on the ground outside Alghadir Hospital in Eastern Tehran, following massive anti-government protests in the capital overnight on Thursday.

Massive crowds of anti-government protestors tonight in the Northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, likely tens of thousands from a city with a population of roughly 3,400,000.

Diplomatic and security personnel from the U.S. Venezuela Affairs Unit, which has been operating out of Colombia since 2019, traveled to the Venezuelan capital on Friday along with the Acting U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, John McNamara, in order to conduct an initial assessment to determine whether operations could resume in phases at the site of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, several officials have told CNN.

The entire local government municipality building in the Northern Iranian city of Karaj is currently engulfed in flames, as anti-government protests appear to be on the verge of overflowing in Iran.

Speaking earlier to reporters at the White House, President Donald J. Trump once again threatened to intervene in the ongoing demonstrations in Iran if the government begins the mass killing of protesters, stating, “Iran's in big trouble. It looks to me that the people are taking over certain cities that nobody thought were really possible just a few weeks ago. We're watching the situation very carefully. I've made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved. We'll be hitting them very hard where it hurts.”

Fires burn inside the Bank Keshavarzi (Bank of Agriculture) in the city of Shiraz in Southern Iran.

Fires burn and crowds of anti-government protesters, estimated to be well over a hundred thousand, were seen occupying the highway and other major roads earlier tonight in Mashhad, Northeastern Iran.

Chances on Polymarket’s betting market that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be out as Supreme Leader of Iran by January 31 have skyrocketed in the last 24 hours, as anti-government protests across the country have exploded, with chances currently sitting at 20% and rising.

The BBC reports on the deteriorating situation in Iran, as anti-government demonstrations have reached a fever pitch, with open riots in several cities across the country as security forces use less-than-lethal munitions, and in some cases, live-ammunition on protestors, specifically in the major cities of Mashhad, Shiraz, and Tehran.

“One doctor from Iran, who contacted the BBC via Starlink satellite internet on Friday night, said Farabi Hospital, Tehran's main eye specialist centre, had gone into crisis mode, with emergency services overwhelmed. Non-urgent admissions and surgeries were said to have been suspended, and staff called in to deal with emergency cases.”

“The BBC also obtained a video and audio message from a medic in a hospital in the south-west city of Shiraz on Thursday. The medic said large numbers of injured people were being brought in, and the hospital did not have enough surgeons to cope with the influx. He claimed many of the wounded had gunshot injuries to the head and eyes.”

Crowds of several thousand protesters at the Iranian Embassy in London have begun to scale the building, as one man can be seen tearing down the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and replacing it with the Lion and Sun Flag, representing the Imperial State of Iran prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Footage purported to show anti-government demonstrations continuing tonight in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

NetBlocks shows that the nationwide internet blackout in Iran is continuing into the night Saturday, as the country has now been offline for more than 48 hours, with the only outside access for most protesters being Starlink.

Despite what some accounts and individuals are claiming, there has been no major airlift by the U.S. Air Force to the Middle East in the last few days that would suggest imminent military action against Iran, especially nothing like what we saw last year prior to the Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran. The only significant movement observed recently in the region, was the arrival this week of 12 F-15E Strike Eagles as part of a regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. Central Command’s Area-of-Responsibility.

President Donald J. Trump states that the United States stands ready to “help” those looking for freedom in Iran.

Senior officials in the Trump Administration have had preliminary discussions about how to carry out an attack on Iran if needed to follow through on threats made by President Donald J. Trump, including what sites might be targeted, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal.

One option being discussed is a large-scale aerial strike on multiple Iranian military targets, one of the officials said. Another of the officials said there wasn’t a consensus on what course of action to take, and no military equipment or personnel had been moved in preparation for a strike. Officials cautioned these conversations are part of normal planning and there is no sign of an imminent attack on Iran.

The United States is currently carrying out strikes against ISIS in Syria, an official tells Reuters.

Massive crowds of anti-government protesters seen marching and demonstrating tonight in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Anti-government protesters block major roadways and intersections tonight in the high-class luxury neighborhood of Punak in Northern Tehran, with crowd estimates of between 100-200,000.