Axios reported, citing a senior U.S. official, that Steve Wittecuff, special representative of Donald Trump, had a secret meeting with Prince Reza Pahlavi last weekend.

Caroline Levitt, White House spokesperson, announced that the White House National Security team held a meeting on Tuesday morning regarding response options to the protests in Iran, but Donald Trump was not present at this meeting.

According to a U.S. official, Israel has shared its assessment with the United States, and this official added: "Iranians are carrying out widespread repression."