Overview
- Posting before dawn on Truth Social, President Trump warned the United States is "locked and loaded and ready to go" to rescue Iranian protesters if Tehran kills peaceful demonstrators.
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene condemned the stance as contrary to what conservatives backed in 2024 and referenced Shlomo Kramer’s call to curb online speech as part of a broader civil-liberties concern.
- Rep. Thomas Massie argued strikes on Iran require congressional authorization, said the U.S. should focus on problems at home, and claimed the threat relates to the dollar, oil, and Israel.
- Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf cautioned that such U.S. statements render American forces in the region "legitimate targets" for Iran’s military.
- Protests in Iran over economic collapse and a currency crisis have turned deadly, with the Associated Press reporting at least seven people killed and rights groups noting dozens of detentions.