Trump tells Iranian protesters to ‘keep the names of the abusers’ The US president addressed Iran’s anti-regime protesters directly this Tuesday (13), asking them to keep the names “of the murderers and those who are mistreating you.” “And by the way, to all Iranian patriots, keep protesting, take over the institutions if you can, and keep the names of the murderers and those who are mistreating you,” Trump said during a speech in Detroit. “They will pay a very high price”, concluded the president, who said that “a death [de manifestante] it’s already too much.” ✅ Follow g1’s international news channel on WhatsApp It was the second time in the day that he sent a message to Iranians who are on the streets against the dictatorship led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Earlier, he asked them to continue protesting and stated that “help” from the US “is on the way.” “Iranian patriots, keep protesting. Tear down their institutions. (…) Help is on the way”, he declared. It was the first direct message to the protesters made by the North American president, who has been threatening to intervene in the Middle Eastern country if the repression of protests continues to be carried out violently. Shortly afterwards, when asked by a reporter what he meant by “help”, Trump replied: “You’ll have to guess later, I’m sorry.” Trump also used the slogan MIGA again, in reference to his motto “Make America Great Again” (MAGA), but leaving the USA for Iran. Trump asks protesters in Iran to continue protesting and says that ‘help is on the way’ on January 13, 2025. Reproduction/Donald Trump at Truth Social Trump has been saying that he may again carry out direct attacks on Iranian territory as reprisal, resuming an escalation of tensions between the two countries. the American president responded: “You will have to find out.” This Tuesday, an Iranian government source told the Reuters news agency that around 2,000 people have already died in the protests. The country is isolated from the world after the Khamenei regime cut off the internet. Residents of the country reported that security forces are shooting directly at the protesters ➡️ The demonstrations in Iran have evolved from complaints about the country’s economic crisis to calls for the fall of the so-called Islamic Republic, or the regime of the Islamic Republic. ayatollahs, who have ruled Iran since 1979. READ ALSO: Russia condemns US ‘interference’ in Iran and says that new attacks on the country could have ‘disastrous consequences’ SANDRA COHEN: Khamenei weakened, young people on the streets and Trump: why is this wave of protests in Iran different from previous ones? in its ‘last days’, says head of the German government Also on Tuesday, the Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, said he thinks that the regime of the ayatollahs, who govern Iran, is in its “last days and weeks”. “I assume that we are now witnessing the last days and weeks of this regime”. He can only maintain power through violence, so he is effectively at an end. The population is now rising up against this regime.” Merz also said that Germany is in close contact with the United States and European governments over the situation in Iran, and called on Tehran to end its deadly crackdown on protesters. He did not comment, however, on Germany’s trade ties with Iran — the German government is Iran’s most important trading partner within the European Union. That relationship, however, has been declining. German exports to Iran fell by 25% in the first 11 months, representing less than 0.1% of total German exports, according to data from the federal statistics office seen by Reuters this Tuesday. US President Donald Trump said on Monday (12) that any country that does business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on trade with the US. Trump announces that countries that do business with Iran will be taxed on commercial transactions with the US Reproduction/TV Globo.
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Trump to Iranian protesters: ‘Keep the names of the killers. They will pay a very high price’
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