The U.S. has withdrawn military personnel from bases in the Middle East as President Trump has repeatedly warned that the U.S. would intervene on behalf of the protesters in Iran. By Thursday morning, Iran shut down its commercial airspace for several hours. A senior Iranian official said that Iran had warned its neighbors in the region that it would hit American bases in the event of U.S. airstrikes. This comes as Iran postponed the execution of Erfan Soltani, the 26-year-old protester who was sentenced to death just days after his arrest. More than 2,500 people, including 147 security officials, have been killed since protests began on December 28, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Iranian authorities have imposed an internet shutdown across the country, but videos of the deadly crackdown on protesters have been trickling out of Iran via smuggled Starlink terminals. In one video, at least 100 bodies held in bags await identification at a morgue in Tehran. We’ll hear from the world-renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi after headlines.