Trump threatens U.S. intervention if Iran violently suppresses ongoing protests, escalating tensions after last year's 12-day war between Israel and Iran.

The escalation follows Trump’s Thursday statement outside the White House, where he vowed decisive U.S. intervention — including unspecified military options — should Iran use force to crush the demonstrations that have spread across Tehran,

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for dialogue with protest leaders over the cost-of-living crisis and speaking before Trump’s threat, said failings by the authorities were behind the economic crisis and “it is us who have to find a solution.”

President Donald Trump was seeking to send a “strong warning” to Iran on Friday when he suggested in an early morning Truth Social post that the US would forcibly intervene if Tehran shot and killed protesters.

The Mohajer-6, one of the models cited, is a combat drone capable of surveillance and precision strikes using guided munitions. U.S. officials say the aircraft are operated by Venezuela’s military and represent a significant expansion of Iran’s military footprint in the Western Hemisphere.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon in Florida.

President Trump’s administration oversaw US military strikes in seven countries across the world in 2025, pursuing a Ronald Reagan-inspired agenda of “peace through strength” with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the helm.