US president gives clearest signal yet that he might take military action against Tehran over killing of demonstrators
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Donald Trump has told Iranians to keep protesting and said help was on the way, in the clearest sign yet that the US president may be preparing for military action against Tehran.
“Iranian Patriots, keep protesting – take over your institutions!!! … help is on its way,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday. He added that he had cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials until the “senseless killing” of protesters stopped.
His remarks suggest Iran’s offer to reopen talks on its nuclear programme has been rejected by Trump in the face of increasingly credible reports that as many as 2,000 Iranians have been killed in the protests. Iranian officials had earlier admitted to 600 deaths.
