Trump Warns of US Intervention if Iran Executes Protesters

U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the United States would intervene if Iranian authorities violently kill peaceful protesters, stating on Truth Social that the U.S. is "locked and loaded."

Washington would step in if protesters are violently killed, Trump said in a post on Truth Social, The Caspian Post reports, citing Iran International.

“If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” he wrote. “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”

Trump’s remarks came as protests in Iran reached a fifth consecutive day on Thursday, with at least seven protesters reported killed by security forces. Demonstrations spread to new cities, including the clerical stronghold of Qom, where crowds openly called for the downfall of the theocracy.