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Breaking: President Donald Trump Hints US Military Action Amid Iran Protests
President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran of military action by the United States if citizens challenging the worsening economic crisis are unalived.
In a Truth Social post, Trump announced the U.S. was set for a rescue mission “if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters,” adding that, “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”
Responding, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, noted that the positions taken by American and Israeli officials have made clear the “behind-the-scenes of the matter.”
Larijani informed Trump that any interference by the U.S. in Iran’s internal issues was equivalent to chaos across the entire region and the destruction of American interests.
“The American people should know that Trump started this adventurism,” the former parliament speaker wrote on X, advising the U.S. to “pay attention” to its soldiers’ safety.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s adviser, Ali Shamkhani, stated that “any interventionist hand that gets too close to the security of Iran will be cut.”
Also reacting, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iranian Parliament Speaker, stressed that all American bases and forces in the region would be “legitimate targets” in the wake of an incursion.
The Islamic Republic is facing its largest unrest since 2022, as the outcry by shopkeepers, which began on December 28, snowballed into a nationwide anti-government movement.
Security forces have used tear gas and live ammunition, with reports of at least seven casualties. The government has declared “energy holidays” regarded as an attempt to shrink gatherings.
The President Masoud Pezeshkian-led government has indicated its willingness to negotiate with protesters on their “legitimate demands,” but demonstrators remain in the streets in several cities.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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