Iran's parliament speaker threatens U.S. military bases as 'legitimate targets' after Trump vows action over protest crackdowns. Tensions escalate.

"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," the president said in a post on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.

President Trump vowed the United States will intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters amid demonstrations in the country over the economy.

President Donald Trump said overnight the United States is "locked and loaded" as he warned Iran not to kill peaceful protesters as nationwide unrest unfolds in Tehran.

Iran tension soars, Trump warns violence against protesters could bring an American intervention: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

President Trump warned Iran not to kill protesters. Iranian officials alleged the U.S. and Israel were stoking the sweeping protests, and said U.S. military bases in the region are legitimate targets.

It was only a matter of time until such gloom gave rise to another round of mass protest. The only question was what would trigger it. It came from an unlikely corner on December 28th, when electronics vendors in Tehran went on strike.

President Trump warned the US would intervene if Iran begins killing protesters, as demonstrations fueled by economic collapse spread beyond Tehran and raise fears of a violent crackdown.