Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesting citizens.

US – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – President Donald Trump stated Friday that the United States is “ready and prepared” to act if Iran harms protesters, following deadly clashes amid ongoing cost-of-living demonstrations. On Thursday, confrontations between protesters and security forces erupted in multiple Iranian cities, leaving six people dead—the first fatalities since the unrest intensified. In Tehran, shopkeepers went on strike Sunday over soaring prices and economic hardships, with protests now spreading to other regions of the country.

Trump said on his Truth Social platform that “if Iran shots 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.

Iran’s Fars news agency reported Thursday that 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.

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State television reported earlier that a member of Iran’s security forces was killed overnight during protests in the western city of Kouhdasht.

The demonstrations are smaller than the last major incident in 2022, triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s strict dress code for women.

Her death sparked a nationwide wave of anger that left several hundred people dead including dozens of members of the security forces.