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US ⁠President Donald Trump on Friday said that the United States will intervene if Iran shoots and kills peaceful protesters after cost-of-living protests across the Islamic Republic turned deadly.

President Donald Trump was seeking to send a “strong warning” to Iran on Friday when he suggested in an early morning Truth Social post that the US would forcibly intervene if Tehran shot and killed ...