{"id":497556,"date":"2026-01-13T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/they-better-behave-trump-speaks-out-on-possible-iranian-retaliation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:05:25","slug":"they-better-behave-trump-speaks-out-on-possible-iranian-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/they-better-behave-trump-speaks-out-on-possible-iranian-retaliation\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;They better behave&#8221;: Trump speaks out on possible Iranian retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"The President of the United States, Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2011198494355440053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded<\/a> this Tuesday to warnings from Iran that it would act firmly against any US aggression against the Islamic Republic, shaken by a wave of <strong>violent anti-government protests<\/strong>.\n\n&#8220;Iran said the same thing the last time I <strong>destroyed their nuclear capability<\/strong>, which they no longer have, so they better behave,&#8221; the president told the press from Andrews Air Force Base, referring to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/555723-rasgos-precedentes-guerra-iran-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8217;12-day war&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;against the Persian country last year.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Trump calls the Federal Reserve chairman a &quot;cretin&quot; and says he &quot;will leave soon&quot;\">http:\/\/Trump calls the Federal Reserve chairman a &quot;cretin&quot; and says he &quot;will leave soon&quot;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/582010-ultima-gota-sangre-iran-promete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;that Tehran<strong>&nbsp;will not accept any aggression<\/strong>, adding that his country has &#8220;surprise&#8221; capabilities to counter threats.<\/p>\n\n\nFor his part, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/582001-trump-pronuncia-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> on Iranian protesters to continue protesting and promised to grant them some kind of support. Likewise, <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/582029-trump-revelar-objetivo-final-respecto-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threatened<\/a> with &#8220;<strong>taking very strong measures<\/strong>&#8221; if the Iranian authorities begin to &#8220;hang&#8221; the protesters.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/581002-iran-vive-ola-protestas-incitacion-caos-exterior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests<\/a>\u00a0in Iran\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/581692-reportes-trump-esta-basicamente-dispuesto-intervenir-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">erupted<\/a>\u00a0in late December, after merchants in the capital closed their businesses to protest\u00a0<strong>the devaluation of the Iranian rial<\/strong>, which fell to historic lows against the US dollar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump threatened to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/581560-trump-evalua-posible-ataque-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intervene<\/a>\u00a0in Iran if deaths of protesters were\u00a0recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Around 2,000 people, including members of the security forces, have died in the protests, according to an Iranian official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/iranian-mp-warns-greater-unrest-urging-government-address-grievances-2026-01-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a>\u00a0by Reuters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tehran, for its part, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/580559-iran-eeuu-israel-guerra-blanda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a>\u00a0the US and Israel of instrumentalizing the protests as part of a &#8220;<strong>soft war<\/strong>&#8221; and has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/580987-permiten-interferir-contundente-advertencia-iran-trump-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0severely\u00a0against any interference\u00a0in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the United States, Donald Trump, responded this Tuesday to warnings from Iran that it would act firmly against any US aggression against the Islamic Republic, shaken by a wave of violent anti-government protests. &#8220;Iran said the same thing the last time I destroyed their nuclear capability, which they no longer have, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[15925,15241],"class_list":["post-497556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-international","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25r6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}