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Iran appears to be next on President Donald Trump’s list, after Venezuela and Greenland.
The context: Protests in Iran, which are now in their third week, were triggered over a sharp jump in inflation and have evolved into anti-government ones. More than 500 people have been killed, according to U.S.-based rights group HRANA, as Iran’s government cracks down on dissent.
Trump, referring to the protestors, wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday that “the United States of America will come to their rescue.”
