Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters

BBC :

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran’s authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington “will come to their rescue”.

In a brief post on social media, he wrote: “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.” He gave no further details.

A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded by saying Trump should “be careful” if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.

At least six people are reported to have been killed in Iran on Thursday after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions.

In Friday’s post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue.”

Khamenei adviser Ali Larijani warned shortly afterwards that any US interference would destabilise the region.