A senior Iranian health ministry official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said about 3,000 people had been killed across the country but sought to shift the blame to “terrorists” fomenting unrest. The figure included hundreds of security officers, he said. Another government official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, said he had seen an internal report that referred to at least 3,000 dead, and added that the toll could climb. -NYT

At least 12,000, and possibly as many as 20,000 people have been killed during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Iran, two sources, including one inside Iran, have told CBS News.

White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met secretly over the weekend with the Exiled Former Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the anti-government protests currently raging across Iran, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to Axios.

Speaking earlier on Air Force One, President Donald J. Trump was asked what he meant by ‘help is on its way’ for the protesters in Iran, stating, “You’re going to find out soon.” Before adding, “It's a good idea for Americans to leave Iran.”

On Monday night and Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump was briefed on a wide array of military and covert tools that can be used against Iran that go well beyond conventional airstrikes, including cyber operation options and psychological campaigns intended to disrupt Iranian command structures, communications and state-run media, according to two defense officials who spoke under anonymity to CBS News.

No B-52s, B-2s, or any another military aircraft, besides a lone KC-135 Stratotanker, seen via satellite imagery Monday, January 12, on the tarmac at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

The National Army of Kurdistan, the military wing of the Kurdish nationalist militant group the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), claims to have have captured a Headquarters of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Northwestern Iranian city of Kermanshah.

I’d take this statement with a “grain of salt” as the PAK and SMK aren’t the most reliable and have been making pretty crazy claims since the protests first started in Iran.

Air traffic between Baghdad and Tehran has not been halted nor has any Notice-to-Airmen (NOTAM) been imposed for the airspace over Western Iran, despite what many accounts are claiming, only a select few arriving and departing flights have been cancelled in Tehran.

Military truck with a mounted-machine gun reportedly seen tonight within the Sadeghiyeh District in the northwest of Iran’s capital of Tehran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaking about potential intervention in Iran during an exclusive interview tonight with Tony Dokoupil of CBS News:

Dokoupil: “Well, now we're hearing that they're [Iran] going to start hanging protesters tomorrow. So it comes back to the question, have they crossed your red line or has the line moved?”

Trump: “I haven't heard about the hanging. If they hang them, you're going to see some things that - I don't know what your, where you come from and what your thought process is - but you'll perhaps be very happy.”

Dokoupil: “What do you mean by that?”

Trump: “We will take very strong action. If they do such a thing, we will take very strong action.”

Dokoupil: “And this strong action you're talking about, what's the end game?”

Trump: “The end game is to win. I like winning. And we're winning.”

Dokoupil: “How do you define that in Iran?”

Trump: “Well, let's define it in Venezuela. Let's define it with al-Baghdadi. He was wiped out. Let's define it with Soleimani. And let's define it in Iran, where we wiped out their Iran nuclear threat in a period of about fifteen minutes once the B-2s got there. And that was a complete obliteration, as it turns out, which is what I said initially. Then some questioned it, and they said, you know, Trump was right. So we've been right about everything. We don't want to see what's happening in Iran happen. And, you know, if they want to have protests, that's one thing. When they start killing thousands of people, and now you're telling me about hanging, we'll see how that works out for them. It's not going to work out good.”

The Israel Defense Force has been raised to a “particularly high security alert” within the last few hours, as security assessments suggest that President Donald J. Trump has decided to intervene in the ongoing anti-government protested in Iran, the only question now is when, according to sources who spoke to Channel 12 (N12).

Vice President JD Vance will chair a meeting of national security and intelligence officials tonight to discuss the ongoing situation in and options against Iran, according to CBS News.

Upwards of 500 Iranian military and security forces are estimated to have been killed during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations in cities across Iran, with some of the most significant clashes happening in the capital of Tehran, officials have told Israel’s Channel 13.

Post made minutes ago by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs: “Americans should leave Iran now. Consider departing by land to Türkiye or Armenia, if safe to do so. Protests across Iran continue to escalate. Increased security measures, road closures, public transportation disruptions, and internet blockages are ongoing. The Government of Iran has restricted access to mobile, landline, and national internet networks. Airlines continue to limit or cancel flights to and from Iran, with several suspending service.”

Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar have privately been lobbying the Trump Administration against a strike on Tehran, after the U.S. warned them to be prepared for such an attack, concerned an attempt to topple the Iranian Regime would rattle oil markets and ultimately hurt the economy of the United States, according to Arab Gulf officials who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

Arab Gulf States fear strikes on Iran risk disrupting oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz, through which passes around a fifth of the world’s oil shipments, with Saudi officials having assured Tehran that they wouldn’t get involved in a potential conflict or allow the Americans to use their airspace for strikes, in an effort to distance themselves from and stave off military action by the United States.

Speaking to reporters earlier after landing at Joint Base Andrews, President Donald J. Trump states: “I’m going back to the White House now, we’re going to look at the whole situation that’s going on in Iran. It’s really bad stuff… Iran is on my mind, when I see the kind of death that is happening over there, we think… We’ll get some accurate numbers as to what’s happening with regard to the killing. The killing looks like it’s significant but we don’t know for certain.”

Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), a non-governmental organization based in Washington and dedicated to the promotion and defense of human rights in Iran, has raised its death toll from the ongoing protests to 2,403, with arrests numbering at least 18,137.