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

Iran threatened American interests across the Middle East on Friday after Donald Trump warned that the US army is “locked and loaded” if Tehran kills protesters.As the country is rocked by the most significant demonstrations since 2022,

President Trump threatened possible military action against Iran as protesters there broke out over the country's worsening economic conditions. Several people have been killed in the unrest. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more on the Iranian government's response and Roya Hakakian,

In posts on X, the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said that a 22-year-old protester identified as Amir Hessam Kyodayari-fard was killed by direct fire from security forces, which then refused to release his body.

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran Monday, threatening military action if the country attempts to rebuild its nuclear weapons program.

Iran’s state-run Fars news agency reports at least three protesters were killed and 17 injured during mass demonstrations over worsening economic conditions.

Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least seven people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters,