Middle East

Friday sermon by Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda: Popular Mobilization Units, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are all Iran.

Demonstrators call on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to resign after Egyptian stock markets plunges. Arab Network for Human Rights Information: Our lawyers can't keep up with arrests.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US and Western "presence has always been a calamity for this region and the farther you go from our region and our nations, the more security would come for our region." Separately, Rouhani promises to unveil a regional peace plan at this week's upcoming high-level meetings at the United Nations.

"Our mission set is to avoid war," Pompeo tells Fox News. "You saw what Secretary Esper announced on Friday, we are putting additional forces in the region for the purpose of deterrence and defense," he warns.

The small street demonstrations against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi are quickly dispersed by riot police using batons and tear gas. Dozens of people arrested, including at least two journalists. No casualties reported. Human Rights Watch urges Egyptian authorities to protect the right to peaceful protest.

"If anyone crosses our borders, we will hit them," says Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Gen. Hossein Salami, adding "We won't stop until the destruction of any aggressor. And we will not leave any secure spot. Do not miscalculate and do not make a mistake." US to deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to beef up security.

"I am making a very serious statement that we don't want to engage in a military confrontation," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says. "But we won't blink to defend our territory."

Unidentified aircraft fire six missiles at site where Iran's Revolutionary Guards working to establish military base, media outlets aligned with rebel forces in Syria report. UK's Independent: Attack carried out by Saudi planes in response to Iranian attack on two of its key oil production facilities over the weekend.

"I have just instructed the secretary of the treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of Iran!," president writes. The move comes amid US assertions that the Islamic republic was behind Saturday's attack on Saudi oil facilities.

Riyadh says it is joining coalition in order to ensure "global energy security and the continued flow of energy supplies to the global economy and contribute to maintain the international peace and security." Iranian President Rouhani: Riyadh should see attack that knocked out over half of Saudi Arabia's oil production as a warning to end its Yemen war.