“Iranian patriots, keep protesting! Take over your institutions!”. This is how blunt the message has been. donald trump towards demonstrators protesting against the authorities in Iran. “Save the names of the murderers and abusers. They will pay a high price”the US president said in a publication on his social network.
trump has stated that “help is on the way”although it has not offered any type of details about what assistance will be provided. Washington will offer the protesters who are leading strong protests in the Iranian country for several weeks. The American leader has confirmed the cancellation of all meetings with Iranian leaders “until the senseless killing of protesters stops.”
The announcement comes after the American digital media Axios pointed out that the foreign minister of Iran, Abbas Araqchicontacted Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East and Ukraine, Steve Witkofflast weekend with the apparent intention of reduce tension with Washington.
Agency account EFE that contacts were maintained after the US president threatened to attack Iran in response to the repression by the authorities against the massive demonstrations in the country. So things are, Trump assured this Monday that he would impose a 25% tariff to all countries that do business with Iran. In fact, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavittwent so far as to affirm that the president did not rule out military actions in the country.
Regarding the number of deaths during the proteststhis Tuesday it was learned that a high-ranking official in the country had estimated at least 2,000 dead. On the other hand, the opposition speaks of 12,000 deaths. Given this scenario, the NGO Iranian Human Rights (IHRNGO) has been able to verify directly or through at least two sources the death of 648 people in 14 of the 31 provinces of the country, among which it is believed that there are nine minorswhose ages are still being verified, according to a statement from IHRNGO. For the Organization of the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (OMPI)the fatalities of the repression could rise to 3,000.
