Iran Protests: Pahlavi Urges Trump's Aid as Khamenei Labels Protesters 'Saboteurs'

• Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled prince, has called on US President Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing uprising in Iran.
• The protests, the largest in three years, began last month in Tehran's Grand Bazaar due to the rial currency's free fall.
• Pahlavi highlighted a total communications blackout in Iran, urging Trump to act against a brutal crackdown by the regime.
• Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in his first comments since January 3, referred to the demonstrators as "vandals" and "saboteurs."
• Khamenei accused Trump of having his hands "stained with the blood of more than a thousand Iranians" and predicted his overthrow.

Why It Matters: Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi seeks US intervention in Iran protests, while Khamenei condemns demonstrators.