Trump Threatens to Intervene as Iran Protests Spread Nationwide
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Pro-Iran narrative
Trump's threats against Iran represent dangerous interventionism. The U.S. has imposed crippling sanctions that directly harm ordinary Iranians, restricting access to medicine and essential goods while driving up living costs. Washington's track record in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria proves that American intervention brings destruction, not liberation, and Trump's recent admission of involvement in illegal June attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure exposes the hypocrisy of claiming to protect the Iranian people.
Anti-Iran narrative
The Iranian regime is brutally shooting its own citizens in the streets for demanding basic freedoms and economic relief. This moment demands unequivocal Western support for regime change, not cautious diplomacy that repeats Obama's 2009 mistake of abandoning the Green Movement. With Iran's military degraded, economy collapsing and infrastructure failing, standing firmly with brave protesters isn't escalation but a moral responsibility that could finally end the regime's tyranny.
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