India, Jan. 2 -- Amid the ongoing protests in Iran, US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning saying that if Iran kills peaceful protesters, US will come to their rescue.

"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account.

At least seven people have been killed in Iran amid clashes between security forces and protesters as protests have rocked Iran since Sunday. The protests that began in capital city of Tehran as shopkeepers on Sunday took to the streets over the government's handling of a sharp fall in the currency, economic stagnation and high inflation, which officially rose to 42.5 per cent in December.

The protests intensified after students from at least ten universities join...