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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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…
Donald Trump warned Iran, where a strong protest movement formed a few days ago to protest against inflation. The United States will come to "help" protesters if they are targeted by Iranian fire, said the US President.
Trump Warns Iran the US is "Locked and Loaded and Ready to Go" to Protect Protesters as Unrest Escalates
President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the United States is "locked and loaded and ready to go" to protect protesters from the regime as social unrest escalated in the hardline Islamic country.
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