Iran protest: 'He too will fall,' Supreme Leader Khamenei warns Trump as unrest kills 62 | Highlights

"Our enemies don’t know Iran. In the past, the US failed due to their flawed planning. Today too, their flawed scheming will cause them to fail," Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts on X.

"Today, the Iranian nation is even more equipped and armed than that day [before the Revolution]. Both our spiritual strength and hard, conventional weapons can’t be compared to what we had before," Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts on X.

"All should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran that was established with the sacrifice of several hundred thousand honorable people won’t back down in the face of those causing destruction," Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts on X.

"The US President has said that if the Iranian govt. does such-and-such, I’ll take the side of the rioters. The rioters have put their hopes in him. If he’s so capable, he should manage his own country," Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts on X.

"The US President who judges arrogantly about the whole world should know that tyrants & arrogant rulers of the world, such as Pharaoh, Nimrod, Mohammad Reza [Pahlavi] & other such rulers saw their downfall when they were at the peak of their hubris. He too will fall," Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posts on X.

"Millions of Iranians demanded their freedom tonight. In response, the regime in Iran has cut all lines of communication. It has shut down the Internet. It has cut landlines. It may even attempt to jam satellite signals. I want to thank the leader of the free world, President Trump, for reiterating his promise to hold the regime to account. It is time for others, including European leaders, to follow his lead, break their silence, and act more decisively in support of the people of Iran. I call on them to use all technical, financial, and diplomatic resources available to restore communication to the Iranian people so that their voice and their will can be heard and seen. Do not let the voices of my courageous compatriots be silenced," says exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday issued a stern warning to Donald Trump and said that the US president should focus on his own country. The 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader called Trump 'arrogant' and said that he will be 'overthrown' soon. Click here to read more.

While Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was addressing the nation, the audience in the background were shouting 'Death to America!', reports AP.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed protestors and said they are “ruining their own streets on make the President of another country happy”. He said this in a reference to US President Donald Trump. After protests started, Trump had threatened the Iran government over crackdown on protestors. Iran has “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 said.

Amid intense protests, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is all set to address the public shortly. The development comes as the country is witnessing a massive escalation in protests on Friday, after a call by exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi which urged the people to take to the streets.

"I am proud of each and every one of you who took over the streets across Iran on Thursday night. You saw how a massive crowd forces the repressive forces to retreat. Those of you who were hesitant, join your fellow compatriots on Friday night, and make the crowd even larger so that the regime's repressive power becomes even weaker," Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi wrote in a social media post.

Amid the intense protests in Iran, France on Friday called on the country's government to show maximum restraint towards protestors. In the meantime, Turkey has cancelled all Istanbul-Tehran flights in light of the escalating violence in Iran.

Turkish Airlines cancelled all Istanbul-Tehran flights. The development comes amid unrest in Iran over the economy and the collapse of the Rial. In its first report on the protests and unrest in the country, Iran's state media blamed US and Israel “terrorist agents” for sparking violence in the country, AP reported.

To a question on whether he would be open to meeting Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, US President Donald Trump said it would not be appropriate. “I’m not sure that it would be appropriate at this point to do that as president,” Trump said. “I think that we should let everybody go out there, and we see who emerges,” the US President added, according to AP.

People in Iran's capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street after a call by the country's exiled crown prince for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic. The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, whose fatally ill father fled Iran just before the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran's government has shut down the internet and international phone calls, making it difficult to contact those inside the Islamic Republic. However, a call by Iran's exiled crown prince apparently sparked a mass demonstration from 8 pm local time Thursday.

Iranian state media broke its silence on Friday over the demonstrations that swept the country overnight, alleging “terrorist agents” of the US and Israel set fires and sparked violence. The brief report buried in state TV's 8 am broadcast represented the first official word about the demonstrations. It claimed the protests saw violence that caused casualties but did not elaborate. It also said the protests saw “people's private cars, motorcycles, public places such as the metro, fire trucks and buses set on fire.”