While speaking Sunday evening during a fundraising event for the Tzedek Association, a Jewish non-profit focused on criminal justice and prison reform, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “The reason I had to cut the speech off a little bit... I don't know what, but this might be the night,” suggesting potential strikes tonight against Iran. Graham adds, “It's just a matter of time now. It's just a matter of time. Why is it just a matter of time? And you know what I'm talking about, don't you? This tyrannical regime needs to end. We need to end this for the good people of Iran and for our own selves and the people of Israel.”

Chances on Polymarket’s betting market that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be out as Supreme Leader of Iran by the end of the year are continuing to explode, with trader’s predictions currently sitting at 62% and likely to rise as anti-government protests continue across Iran.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has issued a scathing statement directed at the Trump Administration following today’s criminal investigation announced against Jerome H. Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Tillis states, “If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none. It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question.”

According to network data from NetBlocks, the total internet blackout in Iran had been ongoing now for over 84 hours, nearly four days without any communication outside of the country, other than a few Starlink terminals which are now being jammed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated this morning that internet access will be restored soon across Iran.

Iranian state-owned channels are broadcasting videos and images of pro-regime demonstrations taking place in several cities today across the country, with claims that the crowds at Enghelab Square in Central Tehran are numbered at upwards of 100,000. Opposition groups claim that a majority of the demonstration are government organized and meant to discredit the ongoing anti-regime protests as “foreign-backed” by Israel and the United States.

In response to Iran’s brutal crackdown this past week on nationwide anti-government protests, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced today in a letter to lawmakers that, effective immediately, all Iranian diplomats, staff of diplomatic missions, government officials and representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be banned from entering any premises of the European Parliament.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said this morning that she had a “good conversation” with President Donald J. Trump on various topics, including security with respect to sovereignty, the reduction of drug trafficking, as well as trade and investments between Mexico and the United States.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached out to U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff over the weekend amid President Donald J. Trump’s continued threats of military force against the regime in support of ongoing nationwide anti-government protests, according to two sources with knowledge who spoke to Axios.

Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, was asked during today’s pro-regime demonstrations in Tehran about threats made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, to which he replied, “Trump talks too much, don't take him seriously. The overwhelming presence of Iranians in the streets shows that our people are ready to settle the scores with the United States and Israel.”

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is scheduled to meet with President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Thursday, officials have told CNN.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has told Sky News that the United States has no plans to intervene in the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt states that airstrikes are “one of the many, many option that are on the table” for President Trump to use against Iran, but adds that diplomacy is always the first option for the President.

The White House is weighing a last-ditch Iranian offer to engage in diplomacy over curbing its nuclear program, even as President Donald J. Trump currently leans toward authorizing fresh military strikes on Iran in response to deadly crackdowns on anti-regime protests in the country, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal.

Some senior administration aides, led by Vice President JD Vance, are urging President Trump to try diplomacy before retaliating against Iran for killing protesters during recent anti-regime protests in several major cities, including Tehran. Trump hasn’t made a final decision on what he will do, according to officials, and will meet with senior aides to discuss options on Tuesday.

President Trump currently favors attacking Iran, officials said, but could change his mind depending on developments in the country and discussions with aides, including Vice President Vance. Some officials said Trump may strike first and then seek serious talks with Tehran afterward, which the President appeared to signal while speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday.

A U.S. official tells Al-Jazeera that planning for strikes against Iran has reached “advanced stages,” and that American Forces across the Middle East are prepared for any contingency or retaliation from Iran.

Non-essential staff and the families of diplomatic staff at the French Embassy in Tehran have left Iran, sources tell the Agence France-Presse (AFP).

According to TankerTrackers, Iran has reportedly released the Marshall Islands-flagged Greek-owned oil tanker, St. Nikolas, which forces under the Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized in January 2024 under a “court order,” while the ship was carrying oil from Iraq to Turkey through the Gulf of Oman.

Fox News’ @TreyYingst states that he was able to make contact with a source tonight in the Central Iranian city of Isfahan, who described ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the city as a “battle,” with security forces using live-ammunition on protesters against the Islamic Regime.