Iran live: Regime claims “total control” as Trump warns on red line
U.S. President Donald Trump said that the regime in Iran is “starting to” cross his red line on killing protesters in his latest comments about the crisis on Sunday night, saying “there seem to be some people killed who aren’t supposed to be killed”.
Trump had earlier threatened strikes against the regime if it kept killing protesters, a warning emphasized by his Republican ally in the Senate, Lindsey Graham.
“The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker had warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.
Responding, Trump: “If they do that, we will hit them at levels that they’ve never been hit before.”
“I think they’re tired of being beat up by the United States,” Trump said. “Iran wants to negotiate.”
Trump said a “meeting is being set up” with Iran “but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting.”
“But a meeting is being set up. Iran called, they want to negotiate,” Trump said.
