Wall Street Journal: President Trump said Americans in Iran should evacuate the country, in the latest sign that the U.S. may soon take action against Iran for its crackdown on protesters.
“It’s not a bad idea to get out,” he told reporters Tuesday while touring a Ford factory in Detroit. He could expound on his Iran thinking during a high-profile address on the economy.
Hours earlier he ruled out negotiations with Iran’s government and encouraged antigovernment protesters in the country to keep up their campaign…
BBC: The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that it had so far confirmed the killing of 1,850 protesters, 135 people affiliated with the government and nine uninvolved civilians as well as nine children over the last 17 days despite an internet blackout.
An Iranian official also told Reuters that 2,000 people had been killed but that “terrorists” were to blame…
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