Iran sends 4-word threat to Trump after he issues ‘locked and loaded’ warning | World | News
A funeral ceremony was held for three protesters last week, and it was reported that those attending the funeral chanted slogans against the country’s religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some of the protesters chanted “death to dictators”; This marks the largest nationwide protest since the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman who was allegedly arrested in 2022 for wearing the wrong headscarf.
In this protest centered on women’s rights, more than 300 people were killed as a result of the government’s brutal intervention against the demonstrators. Recent protests have coalesced around the collapse in living standards and have spread from the capital Tehran to towns across the country.
While riot police were deployed, tear gas was fired into the crowd of demonstrators. Two people died as a result in the southwestern city of Lordegan. But Mr. Trump’s intervention was condemned by Iran’s Foreign Ministry; The ministry said in a statement that the United States was “escalating tensions” in the region and promised that their country’s response would be “swift, decisive and comprehensive” if Mr. Trump followed his warning.
Trump’s warning that the United States would intervene if more protesters were killed came just six months after the United States bombed the country’s nuclear facilities. In response to the protests, the US State Department shared images of the protests on social media, saying the “courage of the Iranian people is undeniable” and praising the demonstrators’ “determination in the face of oppression.”
State-run media in Iran reported that at least 10 people have died since last Wednesday; These include two men who authorities allege were members of a paramilitary group affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard. However, Human Rights organization Hengaw said 132 people, including 12 women and children, were arrested.
After Mr. Trump made his warning, Iranian politician Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf said on social media that the President’s words “make all American bases and forces in the region legitimate targets in response to any possible adventurism.”
