The U.S. has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals and firms from Iran and Venezuela. These sanctions target Iran's drone trade and ballistics program.

While progress on the U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel in October has been slow moving, with both Israel and Hamas accusing the other of failing to uphold their end of the bargain, Trump appeared eager to find ways to speed up the peace process as he stood beside Netanyahu Monday afternoon.

The protests started on Sunday after merchants were angered by the Iranian rial’s falling value.

After meeting with Israel's Netanyahu, Trump said he'd heard Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program, "and if they are, we're going to have to knock them down."

At a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, President Donald Trump issued a warning about Iran, saying the regime "may be behaving badly" and invoking the phrase "where there's smoke,