The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold.

US President Donald Trump announces that “effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America.”

“This order is final and conclusive,” Trump writes on Truth Social.

The announcement appears to be the latest effort by the US to pressure the Islamic Republic amid widespread anti-government protests across Iran.

While Trump has avoided explicit talk of regime change, he has threatened military action against Iran if it kills protesters, which has reportedly been the case.

Trump said Sunday that Iran’s leadership reached out to the US over the weekend, expressing interest in holding nuclear negotiations. The president said he may take up the offer but indicated he may strike Iran first.

Trump is slated to hold a security consultation on Tuesday, during which he will be briefed on potential actions to take against Iran. He is said to lean in favor of a military strike, while also remaining open to a diplomatic solution.

The president has expressed support for the protesters and has pledged that “help” is on the way, without elaborating.

UNIFIL reports that two Israeli tanks operating in southern Lebanon opened fired shells that impacted near UN peacekeepers.

According to a UNIFIL statement, the tanks fired three shells after “peacekeepers requested through liaison channels that they stop their activity” after moving from an IDF post “inside Lebanese territory near Sarda further into Lebanon.”

The UN force says two of the shells impacted some 150 meters from the peacekeepers, who while moving away for safety “were continuously tracked with a laser from the tanks.”

No peacekeepers were injured. UNIFIL says the tanks withdrew around 30 minutes later.

“UNIFIL had informed the IDF about the activities in those areas in advance, following usual practice for patrols in sensitive areas near the Blue Line,” the UNIFIL statement says.

It also says “attacks like these on identifiable peacekeepers… are becoming disturbingly common. Such attacks are a serious violation of Resolution 1701.”

The IDF doesn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Non-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell AFP, as the Islamic Republic’s authorities crack down on protests in the country.

The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources add, without saying how many people departed.

The embassy in Tehran usually counts around 30 expatriate employees, as well as a few dozen local staff members.

An online fundraiser for the ICE agent who shot Renée Nicole Good includes a denunciation of “anti-American traitors like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (who is Jewish).”

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