Overview
- Trump posted on Truth Social telling Iranians to continue demonstrating and to "seize your institutions," and in a Detroit speech he warned those killing protesters would "pay a very high price."
- He said he suspended all contacts between his administration and Iranian officials and urged Americans and U.S. allies to leave Iran.
- He promised assistance to demonstrators and later said the help includes economic measures, after initially declining to detail what he meant.
- Trump said 25% U.S. tariffs on countries that do business with Iran have taken effect, positioning economic pressure as part of his response.
- White House national-security staff met on Iran without the president as the Wall Street Journal, citing Gulf officials, reported the administration views a U.S. attack as more likely than not, and Iran’s Ali Larijani called Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu the "main killers" of Iranians.