Witkoff secretly meets Pahlavi - report

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met secretly over the weekend with the exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the protests raging in Iran, according to a senior U.S. official.

This was the first high-level meeting between the Iranian opposition and the Trump administration since the protests began 15 days ago, Axios reported.

Pahlavi has recently been making frequent appearances in American media. However, Trump declined to endorse him during an interview last week.

Over the last two weeks, Pahlavi has been appearing on U.S. television networks calling on the Trump administration to intervene in support of the protests.

The White House national security team held a meeting Tuesday morning on options for responding to the protests. President Trump did not attend.