New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Protests intensified in Iran on Saturday night, with anti-government chants filling the streets of the national capital Tehran despite an internet shutdown and a brutal crackdown by the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei-led government.

Reports on Sunday indicated that the US was drawing up plans for potential military action after President Donald Trump's threats of an intervention, with a former US army colonel and military analyst claiming that there are signs of a massive military build-up in the Middle-East.

News agency AFP, citing verified videos, reported that crowds had gathered in the northern parts of Tehran on Saturday, hours after exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called for large numbers of people to rise up in pro...