Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests

US President Donald ‍Trump on Friday ​said that if Iran ⁠shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will ‌come ‌to their rescue.

"We are locked and loaded ‌and ready to go," he said in a Truth Social post.

This follows the deaths of several ​people as Iran's ​biggest protests in three years ‌over economic ‍hardship turned violent ‍across multiple provinces.


The clashes between protesters ‌and security forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday ‍over the government's handling of a sharp currency slide ‍and ⁠rapidly rising ⁠prices.

Iran's economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term.