After meeting with Israel's Netanyahu, Trump said he'd heard Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program, "and if they are, we're going to have to knock them down."

Protests against the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are raging across Iran. Fuelled by economic distress, protestors are calling for the clerical regime to step down and restoration of the Shah's monarchy.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon in Florida.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his nation is at war with the United States and Israel, as well as Europe more broadly. “We are in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel

Iran’s military warned it will crush any hostile act after the president said the country is effectively at war with the U.S.

The protests, taking root in economic issues, have heard demonstrators chant against Iran's theocracy as well.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran any attack on the Jewish state “will be met with a very harsh response.”

If a U.S.-Venezuela war break out, that could sap the U.S. military’s ability to readily surge air and naval assets into the Middle East in another Israel-Iran war.