Iran's foreign minister has called Donald Trump's promise of intervention "reckless and dangerous", after the US President warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue".
In a brief post on social media, Trump wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," but gave no further details.
In a statement on X, Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister, Abbas Araghchi, wrote, "Given President Trump's deployment of the National Guard within US borders, he of all people should know that criminal attacks on public property cannot be tolerated."
Iran would "forcefully reject any interference in their internal affairs", he added.
Meanwhile an Iranian police spokesman said officers would not allow what he called "enemies" to turn "unrest into chaos".
