Trump Steps Up Support for Iranian Protesters in Flurry of Posts — ‘USA Stands Ready to Help’
“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!” President Donald Trump wrote Saturday as he escalated his public backing of Iran’s protesters — and sharpened warnings to the regime in Tehran.
Trump posted repeatedly on Truth Social throughout the day, including a post this evening highlighting demonstrators in London who scaled Iran’s embassy, tore down the Islamic Republic’s flag, and hoisted the country’s pre-1979 symbol instead.
Protester scales Iranian Embassy in London, tears down regime flag, hoists pre-revolution symbol: https://t.co/h56Ak9bJxl
(TS: 10 Jan 17:35 ET)
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) January 10, 2026
The scene unfolded at Iran’s embassy near Hyde Park, where a protester climbed onto a balcony and replaced the regime’s flag with Iran’s pre-Islamic Revolution lion-and-sun emblem as hundreds of demonstrators below cheered and chanted for “Democracy for Iran” and “Free Iran.”
Crowds of several thousand protesters at the Iranian Embassy in London have begun to scale the building, as one man can be seen tearing down the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and replacing it with the Lion and Sun Flag, representing the Imperial State of Iran prior to the… pic.twitter.com/EVusZAsRm8
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 10, 2026
The flag — used during the rule of the shah before the 1979 Islamic revolution — remained aloft for several minutes before being removed, as London police said additional officers were deployed and multiple arrests were made for aggravated trespass.
Hours earlier, Trump declared that Iran is “looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” adding that the United States “stands ready to help.”
Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) January 10, 2026
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