Since Iran launched its crackdown on protests earlier this month, accompanied by a blanket internet blackout, Trump has given mixed signals on intervention, which some opponents of the clerical leadership see as the only way to bring about change.

Tension between the U.S. and Iran have spiked in the wake of a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests that saw thousands of people killed

Iranian authorities are keeping the population offline for a third week amid lingering threats of another war.