We have now passed the 60 hour mark of the nationwide internet blackout in Iran, per NetBlocks.

Clashes were reported on Vakil Abad Boulevard in Mashhad, Iran where protesters were seen behind barricades as security forces fired shots from a footbridge.

According to a court filing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed a policy restricting congressional visits to ICE facilities the day after a fatal ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday. A U.S. source told Axios the call was a routine check-in, and the two discussed protests in Iran, Gaza, and Syria.

Oil companies seeking to take part in renewed Venezuelan crude exports to the U.S. after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro are holding urgent talks to secure tankers and organize operations to safely transfer oil from ships and aging Venezuelan ports, according to four sources familiar with the matter. — Reuters

Guy Moon, the composer known for his work on The Fairly OddParents, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Ned’s Declassified, Big Time Rush, Back at the Barnyard, and other shows, was killed in a traffic collision Thursday morning, according to a statement.

Footage from Kahrizak, south of Tehran, shows more than two dozen full body bags at a collection point, which sources claim contain protesters killed by security forces over the past two nights. Sources on the ground report that at least 200 people have been killed in Tehran alone.

Conservative estimates from Iran International claim that upward of 2,000 protesters have been killed over the last two days in Iran.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released footage showing mission preparations at airbases across the Middle East, along with airstrikes on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria. The strikes mark the second round conducted under last month’s Operation Hawkeye Strike.

Several government offices and other buildings burn tonight in the Nezam Abad Neighborhood of Central Tehran, set ablaze by crowds of anti-government protesters estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands across the capital of Iran.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Reuters ⁠that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their re-engagement with Venezuela.

An Iranian doctor in Neyshabur told CNN in an audio message that Iranian authorities used "military rifles" to kill at least 30 people there yesterday, including children, saying a 5-year-old was shot while being held by their mother.