Diplomatic and security staff from the U.S. Venezuela Affairs Unit, which has operated out of Colombia since 2019, traveled to Caracas on Friday alongside Acting U.S. Ambassador to Colombia John McNamara to conduct an initial assessment of whether operations at the U.S. Embassy in the Venezuelan capital could be resumed in phases, officials told CNN.

Footage released by Iran International appears to show multiple bodies lying outside Alghadir Hospital in eastern Tehran, following massive anti-government protests in the capital overnight on Thursday.

Huge crowds of anti-government protesters filled the streets tonight in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, with turnout likely reaching tens of thousands in a city of roughly 3.4 million people.

More than three minutes of footage released by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem shows this morning’s boarding and seizure of the stateless, sanctioned oil tanker M/T Olina in the Caribbean Sea, conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard in coordination with Sailors and Marines from Joint Task Force–Southern Spear (JTF-SS).

🚨 Iran 🇮🇷: Iranian outlet Manoto reported that Bank Melli, the country’s largest bank, was hit by a “run on ATMs,” forcing the bank to suspend customer withdrawals.

Earlier this week, U.S. intelligence assessed that the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran did not yet pose a serious threat to the regime’s stability, officials told Axios. However, that assessment is now being reexamined in light of recent developments. “The protests are serious, and we will continue to monitor them,” a senior U.S. official said.

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced and released footage of this morning’s boarding and seizure of the stateless, sanctioned oil tanker M/T Olina in the Caribbean Sea. The operation was carried out by sailors and Marines with Joint Task Force–Southern Spear (JTF-SS), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, and was launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).

🚨Opposition journalist Ilia Hashemi claims that Iranian security forces killed more people during yesterday’s protests than died in the 12-day war, which resulted in roughly 1,060 fatalities. Hashemi said that based on conversations with eyewitnesses and a hospital surgeon in Tehran, the death toll from last night’s protests in Tehran, Karaj, and Shahriar is substantial. According to the surgeon, “I was in the operating room all night,” adding that “the number of protesters killed is higher than during the 12-day war.” For context, the 12-day conflict reportedly caused around 1,082 deaths. Hashemi noted that he cannot independently verify the figures, but warned that even a fraction of that number would represent a serious escalation. Internet and phone services remain down across Iran.