Nine days of anti-government protests engulf Iran as Trump warns of consequences. Iranian Americans praise president's support for demonstrators.

At least 20 people, including one member of Iran's security forces, have been killed following protests that have spread across the country.

The US president earlier said if peaceful protesters are killed, Washington "will come to their rescue".

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fired on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years. "We are locked and loaded ‌and ready to go,"…

President ​Donald Trump threatened today to come to ‌the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has left several ‌dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.

President ​Donald Trump threatened today to come to ‌the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has left several ‌dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.

US President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fired on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.

It comes as cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It comes as cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.