Iran's supreme leader has called for protesters to be dealt with firmly. Demonstrations over the country's struggling economy have intensified. Violence has claimed at least ten lives. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran against harming peaceful protesters.

If Iran violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue, Trump said in a 3 a.m. post Friday on his TruthSocial platform. "We are locked and loaded and ready to go.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at a gaggle with National Security Advisor Michael Waltz at the Stakeout Location in front of the White House in Washington, DC, in February. File photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI May 11 (UPI) --A fourth round of nuclear talks ...

As Israeli and US officials trade signals about next steps on Iran in late December 2025—including discussion of a possible meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump—an old strategic dilemma has returned to the forefront: how to prevent Tehran from edging closer to a nuclear weapon without triggering a wider regional war or locking Washington into an open-ended confrontation.

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire, Enlightenment author and philosopher (1694-1778) Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the United States and Israel have been zealous in their efforts to disempower it.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON, D.C. (PIX11) — On Saturday, the United States Armed Forces bombed Iran. Bombing three ...

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

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Saturday that Tehran is effectively locked in a ‘full-fledged war' with the United States, Israel and European powers, accusing them of trying to bring down his government through sustained political, economic and military pressure.