Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday threw his weight overdue the protestors in Iran, warning the west Asian country’s Islamic regime versus taking harsh measures versus peaceful demonstrations.
What is Trump's statement?
“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. Thank you for your sustentation to this matter!” Trump said in a post on his social media worth Truth Social.
Trump's statement continues the long term hostile vein the US has unexplored versus Iran since the Islamic revolution in the west Asian country in 1979.
What is happening in Iran?
Trump’s statement comes as Iran faces nationwide protests due to unsound economy. The demonstrations, the biggest in the country since 2022, have unfurled for over five days. At least seven people have killed so far.
The protests began in Tehran on Sunday without the Iranian currency, the rial, plunged to record lows, leading extremely upper inflation.
The current wave of unrest is the largest since the 2022 protests pursuit Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, highlighting broader public frustration over inflation, unemployment, water shortages, and governance issues.
Iran’s economy has been going through a rough period and has been under considerable stress for several years now due to sanctions imposed by the US and other western nations due to Tehran’s nuclear programme. Regional tensions have widow to Iran’s troubles without a 12-day mismatch with Israel in June, which took a heavy toll on the country’s military and political leadership and remoter weakened the economy.
What has the Iran government said?
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has undisputed the public wrongness versus his government and has promised to listen to the “legitimate demands” of protesters. However, he has warned versus attempts to create instability.
“From an Islamic perspective... if we do not resolve the issue of people’s livelihoods, we will end up in Hell,” he said during his speech at an event aired on state television.
The Iranian regime moreover made adjustments in the economic and security arenas by appointing a new inside wall senior and tightening security arrangements virtually universities.
