Overview
- Trump issued the message on Truth Social, saying the United States is ready, armed and prepared to intervene.
- Protests over hyperinflation began in Tehran with shop closures and spread to universities and other cities.
- Clashes between demonstrators and security forces left six people dead on Thursday, according to media reports.
- Tasnim news agency reported 30 arrests in Tehran on charges of disturbing public order.
- Iranian officials, including advisers to the supreme leader, warned that any U.S. intervention would cross a red line and prompt a response.