Ben Rhodes

I mean, either way, it's horrible.

Tens of thousands of people are being arrested and we'll never know that number.

So also, you know, sources in Iran have told news outlets like The Times or the BBC that basically security forces are firing birdshot like pellet guns at protesters to blind them.

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.