https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-iran-protest-crackdown-death-toll/President Trump said in a news briefing Friday that 32,000 people were killed during the recent protests in Iran, a far higher number than has previously been reported. Mr. Trump, who made the remarks while addressing the Supreme Court's ruling striking down his sweeping tariffs, did not offer a source for the death toll. When asked if he had a message for the people of Iran, Mr. Trump said "the people of Iran are very different than the leaders of Iran" and called it "a very, very, very sad situation." Mass anti-government protests roiled Iran in January until a government crackdown crushed the demonstrations. January 8 and 9 are believed to be the bloodiest, most brutal days in the country's history since the current government was founded in 1979. But an internet blackout has made it difficult to get information about the death toll. Two sources, including one inside Iran, previously told CBS News that at least 12,000, and possibly as many as 20,000 people have been killed throughout Iran in the protests. One Iranian man was able to get through the blackout and speak to CBS News on a video call, describing what sounded like a massacre of anti-government protesters in a public square. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency has put the number of arrests at more than 50,000. Mr. Trump offered support for the people of Iran throughout the protests and crackdown. Meanwhile, U.S. military forces have been building up in the region as he tries to pressure the Islamic Republic to make a deal on its nuclear program.
Mr. Trump said Friday that he threatened the Iranian government with a strike if public executions were conducted. He previously told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil in January that there would be "very strong actions" against the Iranian regime if such executions occurred. "They were going to hang 837 people, and I gave them the word, if you hang one person, even one person, that you're going to be hit right then and there," Mr. Trump said. "I wasn't waiting two weeks and negotiating. And they gave up the hanging. They didn't hang 837, supposedly they didn't hang anybody." Mr. Trump also said Friday that the Iranian government "better negotiate a fair deal" on its nuclear program. Earlier Friday, the president said that he was considering a limited military strike on the country.On Thursday, CBS News reported that Mr. Trump had not yet made a final decision about whether to strike the country, though top national security officials have told the president the military is ready for potential strikes as soon as Saturday. The sources said the timeline for any action is likely to extend beyond this weekend.
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>>1491023I don't believe it for one second.
>>1491023Some say help is still on its way
So what? Is Trump on the side of protestors in his own country?Basically, Trump cares more about Iranian citizens than US citizens.
>>1491023the dude lies every time he talks.
>>1491062we've entered into the most blatantly cynical era of republican politics, where bald-faced lies are told to a repressed public so that a minority coalition of billionaires and religious zealots can usher in the supposed apocalypse
>>1491036You have a Tariff on you now - way to go.
This is obviously Israeli propaganda, right?
>>1491064they do this from time to time but it never fucking works. It's never gonna end. And they know it, they just milk the morons for every cent with the promise of a happy ending.World leaders are worse than whores.
>>1491064I will never understand it. I could understand wanting oil. I could understand trying to get resources. I don't justify it. I just understand. TRYING TO KICKSTART THE APOCALYPSE, THOUGH?
>>1491067Go on Instagram and ask Iranians and Persians around the world how they are doing. Do it, coward.
>>1491127Shut the genuine fuck up, you fucking kike.
>>1491067Iranians in-country have reported mass casualties with numbers ranging from seven thousand to the above-quoted thirty thousand, and these are purely estimates based on counting corpses turning up at the morgues.
>>1491127>>1491128I won't call you a little kike, as I have great respect for the semetic people of the Middle East, like the Palestinian people being butchered by you fucking little ashkeNAZI kikes.200k, murdered up to today?
>>1491161>>1491184Right. So it is Israeli propaganda. Thanks for confirming it, IDF.
>>1491186So ask the Iranians how they are doing, and if YOU don't like the answers it turns out we were talking to Israelis and not Iranians
>>1491188Why are you so mad, Jew? You got your wish and you're invading Iran. I'm just telling you that I know its you stoking the fires.
>>1491023>trump saysAbout as believable as "russia claims" these days
>>1491191Why are you so mad? I asked Iranians what they think, I answered your questions and now you're saying I am a secret Jew and the people I was taking to were secretly Jews repeating secret Jewish talking points
>>1491023>there's an internet blackout and we don't know exactly what's happening and tens of thousands of people have been killed>we called them up and told them not to kill a group of 800 people and we know for a fact that not a single one of them was killedThese two statements don't really line up that well.
>>1491067Any story that contains a line like>the Iranian government "better negotiate a fair deal" on its nuclear program.is 100% propaganda, yes.
>>1491196Thirty years and no nukes, Jew. Once again, you don't need to lie about this. I know you're Jewish.
>>1491186>>1491191>>1491197And I know you're a fucking Arab.
>>1491253You have to be Arabic to hate Israel? Are you retarded? I'm American, you fucking Jew.
Trump is daddy
>>1491255Only Arabs seethe about Jews this hard. I've seen less bitchy nazis.
>>1491285>Only Arabs seethe about Jews this hard.This nigga hasn't seen the fallout from the epstein files
>>1491285Are you fucking for real? AIPAC alone has done more damage to the reputation of the Jew and then you have Israel trying to gaslight everybody into thinking they're NOT committing a genocide. And then it turns out your PM is a fucking pedophile that hung out with Epstein.Everybody fucking hates you, buddy. You just have the paid politicians but everybody else? They know you're grifting.
>>1491023A lot more are going to die when mushroom clouds start popping off over every one of their population centers.
