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would take, quote, very strong action if protesters were handed the death penalty.
Trump urged Iran to show some humanity.
More than 18,000 people have been detained in the protests, which started in late December, according to the Human Rights Activist Network in Iran.
The group says more than 2,400 people have died.
Denmark and Greenland requested the meeting with Secretary Rubio, who has tried to tamp down President Trump's increasingly aggressive remarks about wanting ownership of Greenland for national security reasons, even if it means by military force.
Trump recently said if the U.S.
doesn't take the semi-autonomous territory, Russia or China will, adding the U.S.
can take it the easy way or the hard way.
Analysts believe any such move would split the NATO alliance.
Denmark and Greenland have rejected pressure from the White House ahead of the meeting with Rubio and Vice President Vance.
Denmark has offered to work with the U.S.
to beef up security in the Arctic.
Trump doesn't say what he means by help.
He just told the protesters to keep going, take over their institutions, and to save the names of, quote, killers and abusers, and that they will pay a big price.
Trump added that he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the killing stops.
Before Trump's comments, we had been hearing that there was an effort using intermediaries to find a diplomatic solution to this increasingly heated rhetoric and threats between the U.S.
and Iran over these protests, but it seems that that's now broken down.