India, Jan. 15 -- As tension between the United States and Iran escalates, a popular meter predicting if 'something' involving the US could happen has given an alarming update.

Pentagon Pizza Tracker is a popular tracker that predicts the intensity of tensions involving the United States when there is a crisis, usually involving the military. It the number of pizzas ordered in restaurants near the Pentagon and projects whether officials are working late during potential crises or military operations.

On Wednesday, in the backdrop of the protests in Iran and rising US mobilization in the Middle East, an Iranian TV channel issued a purported assassination threat against President Donald Trump.

As a result, the Pentagon Pizza Index from '...