Trump Threatens Iran For Killing Protesters; Iranian Officials Respond
US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran, saying that Washington is “locked and loaded” to respond if Iran keeps killing more protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly.
Six deaths have been reported since the unrest escalated and clashes broke out between protesters and security forces.
Trump said on the Truth Social platform on Friday that “if Iran shoots and violently 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”, the Republican leader added.
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Responding to Trump’s threat, Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, condemned Trump’s remarks, saying he “should know that American interference in this internal issue is equivalent to chaos across the entire region and the destruction of American interests”.
“We consider the positions of the protesting merchants separated from those of the destructive elements”, Larijani wrote in a post on X.
“The people of the US should know that Trump began the adventurism. They should take care of their own soldier.” he added.
In June, Iran attacked Al Udeid airbase in Qatar after the US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites during Israel’s 12-day war with Iran.
As per Iran’s Fars news agency reports, two people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in the city of Lordegan, in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and three in Azna, in neighbouring Lorestan province.
