US issues ‘Trump will kill you’ warning to Iran’s leader | US | News
US Senator Lindsey Graham gave a harsh warning to the Iranian administration during his appearance on Fox News.
The Islamic Republic has been gripped by mass demonstrations that have spread to more than two dozen provinces in recent weeks; due to these demonstrations, the collapsing economy, and the dramatic collapse of the rial, it is now trading above 1,350,000 against the US dollar. Multiple deaths have been confirmed in various cities, including both demonstrators and security forces.
“If you keep killing your people who demand a better life, Donald J. Trump will kill you,” the South Carolina Republican said.
“Change is coming to Iran. Getting rid of this Nazi regime will be the biggest change in the history of the Middle East. Help is on the way for the Iranian people.”
Graham’s remarks came after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged that protesters had legitimate grievances, while also warning that violent unrest would not be tolerated.
Iranian authorities held several rounds of negotiations with tradesmen representatives in order to reduce the tension that turned into violent clashes in the capital Tehran. Minister Donald Trump He declared that Washington would “come to the rescue” of the demonstrators if Tehran used lethal force against them.
On Friday, just a day before American military forces launched an attack on Venezuela and arrested the country’s long-serving leader Nicolas Maduro, Trump said the United States was “locked in, primed and ready,” warning that if Iran “violently kills protesters of their own tradition, the United States will come to their rescue.”
At least 36 people have died in widespread anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to a US-based human rights organisation. The Human Rights Activists News Agency, which compiled the death figures through its network of sources within the country, reported on Tuesday that “at least 36 people have been confirmed killed during the past 10 days of protests.” Among them were four people under the age of 18, as well as two members of security and law enforcement.
The organization claimed that more than 2,000 demonstrators were detained; However, the actual number of those arrested is believed to be quite high.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also expressed solidarity with Iranian protesters, almost certainly intensifying suspicions in Tehran. Iranian authorities later branded some demonstrators as “rebels,” “mercenaries” and “foreign-linked agitators.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on
“The rebels must be put in their place.”
