DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, a month since the start of protests in Iran that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown.

The U.S. will conduct drills in the Middle East in a show of strength following the deployment by President Donald Trump of what he called an “armada” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln amid tensions with Iran, as a map by Newsweek shows the military buildup in the region.

ANKARA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister on Wednesday urged the U.S. to resolve its disputes with Iran "one by one" instead of through a sweeping deal, saying this would avoid humiliating Iranian officials,

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.

Iran unveiled a new banner over the weekend in Tehran’s Enghelab Square threatening the USS Abraham Lincoln, showing an aircraft carrier strewn with bodies and streaked with blood.

Young Iranians able tell the BBC how they saw friends and other people die as security forces crushed protests earlier this month.

DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said he had not been in contact with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in recent days or requesting negotiations, state media reported on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump runs hot and cold in his relationship with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — often at the same time

Iran’s currency, the rial, falls to 1.5 million to $1, a record low after nationwide protests sparked by economic woes

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

U.S. President Donald Trump has sent what he called an "armada" of warships into the Middle East to pressure Iran.