By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL/ DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is working hard to prevent U.S.-Iran tensions from tipping the Middle East into a new conflict,

The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.

Trump threatens Iran with military action while pursuing diplomatic talks. Recent drone shootdowns escalate tensions as diplomatic summit approaches.

Iranian state television says the Revolutionary Guard's navy has seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Thursday, claiming the tankers had been smuggling fuel.

Teen reportedly wounded during protests in Iran has not been seen since January 8, leaving her family in anguish.

Andrew England Trump was, of course, referring to his decision to briefly join Israel’s 12-day war against the Islamic republic in June, and bomb Iran’s main nuclear facilities. In preparation for another possible attack, the US has sent an aircraft carrier strike group and other military assets to the region.

Website launched for people to report omitted names after Iranians share on social media identities of people killed.

“He’s in a situation where he needs to do something,” Brit Hume said.