[thenry]

Demonstrations first began last month in Tehran, triggered by a sharp decline in the value of the rial currency. Protests have since spread to all 31 of the country's provinces, with tens of thousands gathering in the streets.

The death toll from the violence around the demonstrations has now reached at least 62, with more than 2,300 other people detained, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

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Truth Social, on 2 January, Trump wrote: "If Iran shoots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

In response to Trump's post, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council wrote on X: "Trump should know that US interference in this internal matter would mean destabilising the entire region and destroying America's interests."

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Holding on with dear life