US EditionTrump says U.S. will intervene if Iran ‘violently kills’ protestors
- On Friday, President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social the U.S. would intervene if Iran violently kills peaceful protesters, adding, `We are locked and loaded and ready to go`, Trump said.
- Shopkeepers in Tehran went on strike on Dec 28 over high prices and economic stagnation, as the rial plunged to 1.42 million rials per dollar and December food prices rose 72% with medical supplies up 50%, government statistics show.
- Security forces used tear gas and detained demonstrators, with BBC and human rights groups reporting six killed in clashes and footage showing fires and roadblocks in Tehran, Lordegan and other cities.
- Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, warned shortly that U.S. interference would destabilize the region and harm American interests, while Trump did not specify what U.S. intervention would entail.
- This escalation follows prior military actions and growing public anger as the standoff follows U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's enrichment sites in June and Iran's retaliation; these demonstrations are the largest since the 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini.
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Several demonstrators have been killed in the protests in Iran since Sunday. Now, the US President speaks up and threatens the leadership in Tehran. US President Donald Trump has engaged in the protests in Iran and threatened to intervene. When Iran kills peaceful demonstrators, "the United States of America will come to their aid," the Republican wrote on his online platform Truth Social. What he specifically plans to do, the US President left …
Iran: US troops 'legitimate targets' after Trump threatens to intervene in protests
A senior Iranian official on Friday condemned President Trump's threat that the U.S. would come to the aid of protesters in the country facing violence, warning that the Islamic Republic could retaliate against American bases and troops in the region.
Trump threatens to intervene in Iran, but the protection of demonstrators would be different from the bombing of nuclear facilities, as the regime in Tehran knows.
NEW: Trump Signals Possible U.S. Action If Iran Turns On Protesters
President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States would step in if Iran’s regime turns its guns on peaceful protesters, as economic demonstrations across the Islamic Republic spiral into deadly unrest. If Iran “kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” Trump wrote in an overnight post on Truth Social. Iranian leaders quickly fired…
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