Trump flirts with the Iranians: Keep demonstrating, help is on its way
The American President said Iran The protests may have caused the deaths of thousands of people, according to a human rights organization.
And encouraged Trump Tuesday urged the Iranian demonstrators to continue their movement until the overthrow of the authorities,
And he wrote on his Truth Social platform, "Iranian patriots, continue to demonstrate. Take control of your institutions. I have canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of demonstrators stops."
Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene militarily in Iran, in response to what he considers the killing of demonstrators, and the White House confirmed on Monday that the possibility of carrying out air strikes to end the repression is still on the table, but stressed that diplomacy remains "First option"
Trump also announced the imposition of customs sanctions on Iran’s trading partners through 25% tariffs that will take effect immediately.
734 dead
In the midst of this, an organization said "Human rights in Iran" (Iran Human Rights), which is based in Norway, documented the killing of 734 people during the protests, including 9 minors, but warned that the actual toll may be much higher.
The organization added that cutting off the Internet made "It is extremely difficult to independently verify these reports"Noting that about 10,000 people were arrested, according to its estimates.
The director of the organization, Mahmoud Amiri, said that "The numbers we publish are based on information received from less than half of the country’s provinces and less than 10 percent of Iran’s hospitals. The real death toll is likely to be in the thousands"
Continuing Internet shutdown
At a time when Iran is facing one of the largest protest movements since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the country remained almost isolated from the world on Tuesday, with the Internet continuing to be blocked for the sixth day in a row.
Human rights defenders accused Tehran of trying to hide the crackdown, which they say has resulted in hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of deaths, and of firing live bullets at the demonstrators.
On the other hand, an agency journalist reported Agence France-Presse in Tehran said that international telephone communications, which had been cut off since Friday, resumed on Tuesday from Iran abroad, but they were still poor.
In parallel, fears increased that the Islamic Republic would use the death penalty to suppress the protests, and Amnesty International said: "Fears are growing that the authorities will resort to summary trials and arbitrary executions to crush and deter dissent".
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