Iran fired live missiles into the Strait of Hormuz during IRGC naval drills and said it is prepared to shut the key oil transit route if ordered.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana) said it had confirmed at least 6,159 deaths during the January unrest, including 5,804 protesters, 92 children and 214 people linked to the government. It added that it was examining reports of a further 17,000 deaths.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who scrapped an earlier nuclear agreement with Iran during his first term, has repeatedly threatened to use force to compel Iran to agree to constrain its nuclear program. Iran has said it would respond with an attack of its own. Trump has also threatened Iran over the killing of protesters.

Iran is preparing live fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz following tensions ratcheting up between Tehran and the U.S., according to Iranian state media. In a post Thursday on social platform X,

Trump LIVE on Iran| U.S.–Iran tensions continue to rise amid military deployments, nuclear warnings, and high-stakes diplomacy. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned Iran to return to nuclear negotiations or face severe consequences,

There are plans for American personnel to be moved out of the Middle East before the weekend to protect them from Iranian counterattacks, should war commence. The Department of Defence is offering no official comment on these developments.

Iran says it temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most crucial shipping lanes, for a military drill and missile test.

US Iran tension LIVE updates: Iran’s reserves of enriched uranium — which had climbed to 60 percent purity before the war — remain one of the main obstacles in negotiations between Tehran and Washington.