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Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran ‘violently kills’ protestors

President Trump declared the U.S. military is prepared to act if Iran kills peaceful protesters amid the largest unrest since 2022, with at least five deaths reported, officials said.

  • On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump warned the United States would intervene if Iranian authorities violently kill peaceful protesters and said on Truth Social, 'We are locked and loaded and ready to go.'
  • Economic strain from the rial's collapse and a water crisis pushed protests, which analyst Sina Toossi said 'from there, the protests spilled into surrounding streets of the capital and, over subsequent days, into other cities across the country.'
  • Human rights groups report at least seven killed and Hengaw reported at least 80 arrests, including 14 Kurdish detainees, with verified footage showing protesters storming the governor's office in Fasa, a city of about 150,000.
  • Senior Tehran officials warned that U.S. interference would destabilize the region, with Larijani saying, 'U.S. interference in this internal matter would mean destabilizing the entire region.'
  • A recent meeting between Trump and Netanyahu precedes heightened risks after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June, while protests are Iran's largest since 2022.
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The protests against the regime of Tehran continue: traders and merchants furious at the collapse of the national currency, the rial has lost 60% of its value since last summer. Warning from the US: if you kill the protesters we will intervene militarily. Iran returns to the center of international attention. The Islamic Republic is shaken by unrest in more than thirty cities, from Fasa to Lordegan, in addition to the capital Tehran. According t…

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