Iran has warned the US not to intervene militarily to support protests that have spread across the Islamic republic as President Donald Trump said Washington was “ready to help”.
As two weeks of civil unrest pose the greatest domestic threat to the Islamic regime in years, US media reported that the Trump administration was considering military options in response to the protests. The reports said no decision had been made on an intervention. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
The US president has repeatedly said that Washington was ready to come to the “rescue” of Iranians if the authorities there kill protesters.