Name: Trump threatens Iran over protest deaths as unrest flares | REUTERS
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US President Donald Trump wrote on social media on Friday that if Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue.

A top Iranian official responded to Trump's comments, warning that US Interference in domestic Iranian issues would equal the destabilization of the whole region.

The US Warning comes days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.

Eyewitness video from Thursday showed an overturned car and several fires as protesters chanted outside a police station in Loristan province.

This week's protests over soaring inflation have spread across Iran with deadly confrontations between demonstrators and security forces.

The elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has struck a conciliatory tone.

On Thursday, he said the government was at fault for the conditions that gave rise to the demonstrations.

State affiliated media and rights groups have reported at least six deaths since Wednesday.

Iran has seen repeated bouts of major unrest in recent decades, often quelling protests with heavy security measures and mass arrests.

But worsening economic problems may leave authorities more vulnerable.

Pezeshkian's government is attempting a program of economic liberalization.

But one step deregulating some currency exchange has contributed to a sharp decline in the value of Iran's rial on the unofficial market.

That has compounded inflation, which has hovered above 36% since March.

In an economy battered by Western sanctions.

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