Israel’s military intelligence chief General Shlomi Binder held talks on Iran with senior officials at the Pentagon, the CIA and the White House on Tuesday and Wednesday, a source said. Saudi defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman was also in Washington for meetings with US officials focused on Iran, according to a second source. An anti-US mural on a building in Tehran, Iran. Judiciary officials have warned that “those committing sabotage, burning public property and involved in armed clashes with security forces” could face death sentences. Two Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Reuters that thousands of arrests had been carried out in the past few days.

Source: Irish Independent January 30, 2026 17:34 UTC