Armed Iran protesters battle police in Tehran streets as Trump warns of forceful US response

Armed protesters clashed Friday with information forces successful the Tehranpars vicinity of Iran’s capital, arsenic nationwide two-week-long anti-regime demonstrations became much convulsive successful the country.

Repeated gunfire could beryllium heard for minutes successful cellphone video sent to Iranian TV and shared with Fox News Digital arsenic Iran’s State Security Forces clashed with alleged "rebellious youth."  

In the video, radical connected the streets were seen moving and shouts of "Death to Khamenei!" "Death to the dictator!" "Shame connected you!" and "We are each together!" could beryllium heard.

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Armed protesters clashed Friday with constabulary successful Iran’s capital, arsenic nationwide two-week-long anti-regime demonstrations became much convulsive successful the fraught country. (Iran TV)

The protests entered their 14th time connected Saturday, with 65 killed, including children, and 2,311 arrested by Friday, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency successful Iran.

Authorities imposed a sweeping net blackout this week that mostly chopped the state disconnected from the extracurricular satellite and escalated threats of harsh punishment portion anti-regime protests spread.

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A masked demonstrator holds a representation of Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi during a protest, Friday, successful Tehran, Iran.  (UGC via AP)

The protests expanded to 190 cities successful Iran by Saturday, according to the National Council of Resistance successful Iran.

"By defending the demonstrators, the rebellious youths did not let the flames of the uprising to beryllium extinguished," dissident person Maryam Rajavi said successful a statement. " They person shown their determination to triumph implicit the regime."

Iranian authorities TV shows a antheral holding a instrumentality to papers burning vehicles during a nighttime of wide protests successful Zanjan, Iran.  (Iranian authorities TV via AP)

At a quality league successful Washington, D.C., connected Friday, President Donald Trump said Iran was facing mounting unit arsenic unrest spreads crossed the country.

"Iran’s successful large trouble," Trump said. "It looks to maine that the radical are taking implicit definite cities that cipher thought were truly imaginable conscionable a fewer weeks ago. We’re watching the concern precise carefully."

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Trump warned that the U.S. would respond forcefully if the authorities resorts to wide violence. 

"We’ll beryllium hitting them precise hard wherever it hurts. And that doesn’t mean boots connected the ground, but it means hitting them very, precise hard wherever it hurts," helium said.

Fox News' Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.