Democratic officials doubled down on criticism of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota with one message: This is about political retribution, not public safety.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by the United States that "The people of Iran are demanding their freedom like never before in the Islamic Republic's brutal history."

The U.S. is accusing South Africa of "cozying up" to Tehran by allowing Iranian warships to participate in the multi-national naval exercise it hosted over the past week.