{"id":9095,"date":"2026-01-11T22:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/01\/11\/iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-u-s-if-trump-strikes-time-magazine\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:26:33","slug":"iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-u-s-if-trump-strikes-time-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/01\/11\/iran-threatens-to-retaliate-against-u-s-if-trump-strikes-time-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Threatens To Retaliate Against U.S. If Trump Strikes – Time Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s government threatened to retaliate against the United States if President Donald Trump goes through with his reported plans to intervene in the country, as the death toll from the protests<\/a> rose above 500. <\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, warned on Sunday that both Israel and \u201call American military centers, bases and ships in the region will be our legitimate targets\u201d in the event of an attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action and will act based on any objective signs of a threat,” he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Read More: <\/em><\/strong>Iranians Are Protesting. Reza Pahlavi Can\u2019t Save Them<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The threat came as the New York Times <\/em>reported<\/a> that Trump was considering a strike on Iran in response to the killing of protesters and had been presented with numerous options<\/a>. Although he has not made a final decision, he is reportedly seriously considering doing so after previously threatening that Iran would \u201cpay hell\u201d<\/a> if the country\u2019s leaders killed demonstrators.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday<\/a>. \u201cThe USA stands ready to help!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

The protests in Iran began two weeks ago in Tehran\u2019s bazaars over rampant inflation, but have since spiraled into wider demonstrations against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime, which has ruled the country since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Tehran doctor told TIME<\/a> Friday that just six hospitals in the capital reported more than 200 protestors killed, mostly \u201cby live ammunition.\u201d The death toll appears to have risen dramatically since then, as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which relies on activists in Iran, said it could confirm 500 deaths on Sunday\u2014490 protesters and 48 members of the security forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Khamenei said on Friday that the government would \u201cnot back down\u201d in response to the protests.<\/p>\n

The government shut off the country\u2019s internet on Thursday, leading to an information blackout across much of the country, with limited media reaching the public. One shaky phone video shared on social media appeared to show crowds facing off against security forces in Tehran, chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei.\u201d Another video, reportedly taken in northeastern Mashhad, showed fires burning on Vakilabad highway.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>Doctor Says More Than 200 Reported Dead in Tehran as Regime Opens Fire on Protests<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Center for Human Rights in Iran said that determining the exact number of protestors killed is impossible due to the internet blackout, but that they have received eyewitness reports of snipers, military rifles, and surveillance drones being used against people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[W]itnesses have said hospitals were overwhelmed, blood supplies are critically low, bodies are being piled up, and the number of casualties is rising by the hour,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The tension between Trump and Iranian leaders comes just a week after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro <\/a>and subsequent regime change in the South American nation, the culmination of a months-long military presence and campaign in the Caribbean. The move was criticized by world leaders<\/a>, including Iranian allies, in the days since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran\u2019s government threatened to retaliate against the United States if President Donald Trump goes through with his reported plans to intervene in the country, as the death toll from the protests rose above 500. Iran\u2019s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, warned on Sunday that both Israel and \u201call American military centers, bases and ships in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}