A woman in her mid-60s and a 70-year-old man described seeing people of all ages out in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday and Friday. On Friday night, however, security forces brandishing military rifles killed “many people,” they told CNN.

An Iranian doctor in the northeastern city of Neyshabur said in an audio message shared with pro-reform news outlet IranWire that Iranian authorities used “military rifles” to kill “at least 30 people” there yesterday. “Among them were children,” the doctor said. “A 5-year-old child was shot while in their mother’s arms.”

CORRECTION: This footage is actually from Thursday night’s protest in Eastern Tehran and not from tonight like some outlets are claiming, with footage yesterday from Iran International showing the results of the fire, which targeted the General Tax Administration Office.

Conservative estimates from Iran International claim that upward of 2,000 protesters have been killed over the last two days in Iran.

Footage from Kahrizak, south of the Iranian capital of Tehran, shows more than two dozen full body bags at a collection point, claimed to be protesters killed over the last two nights by security forces, with sources on the ground reporting that there are at least 200 dead just in Tehran.

People on the ground in Iran describe what is being seen during the anti-government protests in cities like Tehran and Shiraz as like a war zone, “I have never seen such scenes in my life,” medical staff is heard saying in a video shared with IranWire. “The shameless people shot (her) in the head and neck. Do you have any idea how many patients we have until now?”

A doctor in Neyshabur said security forces shot at protesters from the top of buildings on Friday. “They are shooting from rooftops and terraces. They are not on the street where people can see and run away,” she says in an audio message to IranWire. “They even shoot at ordinary pedestrians.” The doctor said a family of six passing by was shot – so was an elderly woman’s nurse as she was on her way home in Neyshabur.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for military strikes in Iran, including strikes on nonmilitary sites in Tehran, as he seriously considers authorizing a strike in response to the Iranian Regime’s brutal crackdown on ongoing nationwide anti-government protests, with reports suggesting hundreds if not thousands already dead, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke to The New York Times.

Reminder that there is not a single U.S. Carrier Strike Group currently deployed to the Middle East, and the closest carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), is in the South China Sea and would take several days if not a week to reach Iran. It is extremely unlikely and incredibly risky to launch strikes against Iran without a carrier - or two - in the region, so if Trump does order a strike against Iran, it likely won’t take place for at least a week and preparations would be very evident from movements by the U.S. Navy and Air Force.

Unlike their response last June to American airstrikes against their nuclear facilities, which was quite measured and meant to not invoke serious retaliation from the United States, launching easily intercept-able ballistic missiles at only one base in Qatar; the Iranian response to strikes carried out during these protests would be anything but measured, as the strikes would be seen as a direct threat to the existence of the Iranian Regime. Iran would likely retaliate with drone and missile attacks against dozens of U.S. military bases and other sites across the Middle East, something which the current U.S. military presence in the region would be unable to fully defend against, potentially resulting in the death of untold numbers of American Servicemembers.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, has stated that if the United States carries out strikes against Iran, they will target Israel and American military bases across the Middle East.

Israel is on high alert for the possibility of direct intervention by the United States in the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussing potential action against Iran in a phone call on Saturday, according to an Israeli source who spoke to Reuters.

More than 538 have been killed in the ongoing anti-government protests across Iran, including 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, while well over 10,600 people have been arrested, Iranian activists tell The Associated Press (AP).

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be briefed Tuesday by senior officials on specific options to respond to the ongoing brutal crackdown against anti-government protests in Iran, possibly including military strikes, the deployment of secretive cyber weapons against Iranian military and civilian sites, placing more sanctions on Iran's government, and boosting anti-government sources online, officials have told the Wall Street Journal.

Footage dated Friday, January 9, shows dozens, if not hundreds, of bodies at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center to the south of the Iranian capital of Tehran, as families search for loved ones who have been killed during the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following the deadly protests, two officials have told CNN.

Full six-minute clip showing families searching Friday for loved ones killed during the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center, south of the Iranian capital of Tehran. During the video, a screen can be seen inside the building which shows an image counter ranging from 001–250, suggesting that at least 250 people were killed just in Tehran during the brutal crackdown overnight on Thursday.

Israeli intelligence assesses the Ayatollah Regime in Iran has reached its most fragile point since 1999, as officials believe the number of protesters killed has now surpassed 1,000 and the assumption is that if the protests continue to grow at the current pace, there is a real threat to the stability of the regime, officials have told i24NEWS.

Footage obtained by Iran International shows thousands of protesters marching in the streets of Tehran on Sunday, as anti-government demonstrations continue across Iran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is said to be contemplating military action against Iran and has been presented with a range of targets, including elements of the security services responsible for the violent crackdowns against protesters, killing hundreds in cities across Iran. However, commanders in the region have warned officials that they need more time to prepare, in order to “consolidate U.S. military positions and prepare defenses” before carrying out any strikes that could trigger serious retaliation from Iran, sources familiar with the discussions have told The Telegraph.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is expected to assist Iranians who are protesting nationwide against the Islamic Republic, several sources familiar with the details of discussions held in recent days told The Jerusalem Post.

“Trump has essentially decided to help the protesters in Iran. What he has not yet decided is the how and the when. The spectrum ranges from a military option, namely strikes against regime targets, to cyber support against the regime, to providing Starlink systems to help protesters,” one source familiar with the discussions told the Post.

Iran’s digital blackout has now deployed military jammers to shut down access to Starlink. “Despite reports that tens of thousands of Starlink units are operating inside Iran, the blackout has also reached satellite connections. It is reported that about 30% of Starlink’s uplink and downlink traffic was initially disrupted, quickly rising to more than 80%,” according to the Iranian opposition news website IranWire.

Heavy gunfire can be heard in video footage claimed to be from Thursday night’s protest and crackdown in the Tehranpars Neighborhood of Northeastern Tehran, with hundreds said to have been killed when security forces opened fire with automatic rifles and machine guns on crowds of demonstrators near the Rashid Shopping Centre.

Interesting flight by a U.S. Navy P-8A “Poseidon” Maritime Patrol and Surveillance Aircraft earlier today over the Eastern Mediterranean, just to the southeast of Crete, possibly searching for a Russian submarine or another vessel near the Aegean.