71 killed in Israeli attack on Iran prison, official says

Iran has the possibility of retaliating within a "sweet spot" without provoking another round of attacks from the U.S., but overall has a "wide range of options," according to ABC News contributor Steve Hill, an honorary professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.

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Iran has ‘wide range of options’ for retaliation after attack: ExpertABC News contributor Steve Hill says there is a path for Iran to retaliate which wouldn’t provoke another round of attacks from the U.S.

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"If they go to the extreme and really start attacking American forces and killing American citizens as well as military forces, that almost forces a retaliation from the American side," Hill said. "Complete capitulation after some demonstrative attacks possibly against Israel, that seems more likely."

"But the reality is, there is probably a sweet spot in the middle where the Iranians do enough to justify to their own people that they have retaliated, but not enough to provoke another round of attacks from the Americans so that this remains a one-off," Hill added.

As oil prices rise after the United States launched a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump is demanding that oil prices remain steady and calling on his Department of Energy to increase domestic drilling.

"EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING! YOU’RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!" Trump said in a post on Monday.

"To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!" he wrote in another post.

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright responded to Trump on X: "We're on it!"

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News on Monday the U.S. military posture has not changed, suggesting the decision should be up to the Iranian people to "rise up against this brutal terrorist regime" if they do not engage in diplomacy moving forward.

In a separate Fox News interview, Leavitt said the president "believes the Iranian people can control their destiny."

This comes after President Donald Trump appeared to float the idea that there should be a change in leadership in Iran in a social media post on Sunday.

"It's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change???," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday night.

-ABC News’ Rachel Scott

The U.S. Embassy in Qatar recommended American citizens to "shelter in place until further notice" out of "an abundance of caution," the embassy said on Monday.

The Al Udeid Base in Qatar -- the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East -- houses about 10,000 American troops.

-ABC News' Lama Hasan