"A limited strike is an illusion. Any military action, from America from any origin and at any level, will be considered the star of war, and its response will be immediate," a senior adviser to the ayatollah said.

Already, Iran has vastly limited its subsidized currency rates to cut down on corruption. It also has offered the equivalent of $7 a month to most people in the country to cover rising costs. However, Iran’s people have seen the rial fall from a rate of 32,000 to $1 just a decade ago — which has devoured the value of their savings.

Iran-US tensions LIVE: Aragchi said that Iran would “immediately and powerfully respond” to any aggression against it,

ANALYSIS: The Holy See and Iran have had a continuing dialogue in recent years. But the killing of large numbers of Iranian demonstrators by government forces is causing grave concern inside the Vatican.

With thousands of people dead in Iran, the Trump administration still plans to go ahead with a deportation flight as early as this weekend.

He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown on protests across the country.

Rampant inflation, a collapsing currency and export restrictions have destabilized Iran's economy and sparked deadly protests.

An American aircraft carrier and three destroyers have arrived in the Middle East, a show of force after President Trump warned Iran to stop its deadly assault on anti-government protesters. The internet in Iran is still largely down,

A visual investigation by The New York Times shows the breadth and ferocity of the regime’s crackdown across the country.