Trump threatens ‘all hell’ on Iranian regime as protesters take to the streets demanding democracy

President Trump on Thursday reiterated his support for Iranian protesters as the civilian unrest continues.

“I have let them know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during their riots… we’re going to hit them very hard,” Trump said in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday.

Trump had warned last month that the regime would face consequences if the government shot protesters.

When Hewitt mentioned that dozens have already been killed in the protests, Trump said some were due to stampedes and not necessarily caused by law enforcement.

“I’m not sure I can necessarily hold somebody responsible for that, but … they’ve been told very strongly — even more strongly than I’m speaking to you right now — that if they do that, they’re going to have to pay hell,” Trump says.

From Tehran to provincial cities, crowds of defiant Iranians are pouring into public squares, chanting for freedom and an end to the iron-fisted rule that’s crushed dissent for decades.

Videos shared online show waves of protesters flooding major roads and shouting slogans that strike at the heart of the Islamic Republic. A new video circulating Thursday afternoon showed crowds cheering as a building went up in flames.

The renewed unrest marks one of the biggest surges of anti-regime demonstrations in years, as everyday Iranians — students, workers and women leading the charge — risk arrest, beatings and worse to demand democratic reforms.

The regime, true to form, has responded with force. Authorities have ramped up security deployments, throttled internet access and warned demonstrators of “severe consequences” for taking part in what officials label as foreign-backed unrest.

But the threats don’t appear to be working.

Anger has been simmering over a brutal mix of economic collapse, corruption, political repression and the lack of basic freedoms — especially for women and young people who say they have nothing left to lose. Each new crackdown seems only to fuel fresh outrage.