US warns Iran against using foreign fighters to crush protests

Washington is concerned by reports the Islamic Republic has deployed Hezbollah members and Iraqi militias to suppress peaceful protests, wrote the Persian-language account of the United States Department of State on X.

“The United States is concerned by reports that the Islamic Republic has employed Hezbollah terrorists and Iraqi militias to crack down on peaceful protests,” the Saturday post said.

Iranian authorities, the State Department added, have spent billions of dollars belonging to the Iranian people on what it described as terrorist proxy forces, warning that using those forces against Iran’s own citizens would amount to another profound betrayal of the population.