Dozens of people have been killed as demonstrators and authorities clashed during the events.
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran he could sanction strikes against the Middle Eastern power “if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved”.
“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” Mr Trump wrote on social media overnight.
“The USA stands ready to help!!!”
The Wall Street Journal revealed on Saturday that officials have held preliminary talks about how to carry out an attack on Iran and what sites could be targeted.
One option discussed was a large-scale aerial strike on multiple Iranian military targets, one of the officials told the publication.
The officials cautioned these conversations were part of normal planning, and there was no sign of an imminent attack.
The death toll in Iran has continued to grow amid claims of lethal force being used, while internet and phone blackouts have made international observations difficult.
At least 65 people have been killed in the protests, Human Rights Activists in Iran said on Saturday, up from 29 on Monday.
The rights group said more than 2300 people have been arrested, and protests have now spread to 180 cities. Most of the dead were protesters, it claimed.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei went on a tweeting frenzy in the early hours of Saturday morning amid the chaos and President Trump’s warning of a strike on Tehran if more people continue to die during the demonstrations.
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Iran has blamed Israel and what it has labelled terrorist groups for the uprising.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called out Mr Trump in a tweet on Saturday, saying “If he’s so capable, he should manage his own country”.
“All should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran that was established with the sacrifice of several hundred thousand honourable people won’t back down in the face of those causing destruction,” he wrote in another post.
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