Anti-government protests are ramping up in Iran, as US President Donald Trump threatens to strike Iranian government targets if the country’s security forces harm protesters.
Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has vowed retaliation against US targets if Washington intervenes in the escalating unrest, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blames the US and Israel for inciting violence in his country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is watching the situation closely to deter any potential threat from Tehran. Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is encouraging more Iranian people to take to the streets to overthrow the Islamic government.
ABC Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran says the ongoing demonstrations are the greatest challenge facing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in years.
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