Ben Rhodes

And the ones that fight back, they're just gunning down with machine guns.

And to your point, Iranian state TV

released a video from a morgue in Tehran where you can see just dozens of bodies.

Do you get why they would do that?

Is it like a threat?

I saw one person speculate that they were trying to suggest that outside agitators are responsible for this.

Anyway, yeah, it's awful.

But hospitals are overrun, they're running out of supplies, it's awful.

So there's also like...

For what it's worth, I mean, the protesters are not peaceful.

They're getting very violent, too.

I saw a clip.

Do you see this of this group beating a cop to death, and they light the police officer on fire and burn them alive?

So President Trump had previously assured protesters in Iran,

that the U.S.

would, quote, rescue them if there was a crackdown.

He has yet to act.

Trump has said he might meet with Iranians to negotiate.

That seems to have delayed things.

Axios reported that Trump's golf buddy turned envoy for everything, Steve Woodcoff, has been in touch with Iran's foreign minister.