(Reuters): 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.āWe are locked and loaded and ready to go,ā he said in a Truth Social post. This follows the deaths of several people as Iranās 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 governmentās handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iranās economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his first term. Meanwhile, the senior adviser to Iranās Supreme Leader, Ali Larijani, said that US interference in Iranian protests would lead to chaos across the region.
