A Regime on Edge, A President on Offense: ‘Keep Protesting—Take Over Your Institutions’

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump declared that “help is on its way” to Iran as anti-government protests continue and the regime answers dissent with force. The unrest began in late December, born of an economy that has curdled under the long shadow of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran’s reflex has been the familiar one: crack down at home, accuse foreigners abroad, and call the uprising an American plot. Trump went to TRUTH Social with a message that reads like a flare fired into the night: “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!


