Britney Spears’ ex Sam Asghari says Donald Trump should intervene in Iran

Sam Asghari, Britney Spears’ ex-husband, is calling on the Trump administration to take military action in Iran as protests continue to intensify overseas and here at home.  

“My message to the administration, and to this president, is if they are putting America first, you have to get involved,” Asghari said. “I do support involvement, whether it’s military action, sanctions, or whatever it takes, to bring this regime down.”

Last week, a U-Haul driver drove his truck through a street filled with hundreds of protesters demonstrating in solidarity with the people of Iran and calling for regime change. The man injured two people, catching many by surprise and sparking panic among protesters.

“No one was seriously hurt, that was the most important aspect of it,” Asghari said. 

Asghari added the protest reinforced his belief that the Trump administration should act against Iran’s ruling regime, despite saying in a 2022 GQ interview that he did not vote for President Trump during his first term.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported Wednesday that at least 2,615 people have been killed, while unconfirmed reports suggest the toll could be significantly higher.

Protests in Iran began when shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar took to the streets over the sharp drop in the value of the national currency on Dec. 28, 2025. The demonstrations quickly spread nationwide, evolving into broad anti-government protests fueled by severe economic conditions and calls for political reform.

Asghari said he has family in Iran, but has been unable to communicate with them directly due to an internet shutdown. He said he has received confirmation that they are safe, but described the situation as dire.

“It’s been extremely hard,” he said. “They’re continuing to live their lives, but it’s a very difficult moment to be a citizen of Iran, not just because of the protests, but also because of the economic collapse and the inability to live a normal life.”

Asghari first came to the U.S. in 2006 when he was 12 years old.

Now working in the entertainment industry, Asghari said he wants to use his platform to help “see a free Iran,” adding that if he were still living there today, he believes he would be among those risking their lives in the streets.

“Everybody that is going into the streets and with the mindset of they might never come back home” he said. 

Asghari said protesting in Los Angeles, thousands of miles from Iran, is critical because voices inside the country are being deliberately silenced.

“When the internet shuts down, that’s when people internationally go out in the streets and protest peacefully,” he said. “We become the voice of those that are being silenced with a total blackout.”

President Donald Trump said Friday that he “greatly respected” Iran’s decision to halt the planned execution of more than 800 political prisoners, calling the move an unexpected step by the regime. 

But Asghari insists that’s not entirely the case. 

“I think President Trump was thanking the Iranian regime for not executing people, but the truth is they are taking thousands of people they arrested as hostages, and they are spreading lies,” he said. “ I know this because I’ve spoken to people on the ground who are living in Iran.”