Washington has increased pressure on Havana following the US military’s capture of Venezuelan then-President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.

Former US Secretary of State and ex-CIA Director Michael Richard Pompeo, has ignited a firestorm with his social media post where he asserts that Mossad agents are marching beside the protestors as the nation is engulfed in protest against the Khomeini regime. There had been speculation about the protest being amplified by the Israeli intelligence and, in some places, being organised to cash in on the economic turmoil within Iran to push for a pro-Western authority.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.