US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America joined Israel in bombing Iranian nuclear sites in June.
Trump initially wrote on his Truth Social platform, warning Iran that if it “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the United States “will come to their rescue.” At least seven people have been killed so far in violence surrounding the demonstrations, sparked in part by the collapse of Iran’s rial currency.
Just a reminder that when the Iranian people tried this and begged Obama for support, he intoned that he was on the side of the ayatollahs.
ReplyDeleteAlso interesting to notice that even though Israel is relatively quiet, it still gets more media play than this hopeful revolution in Iran.