Tim Pearce
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Yeah, apparently all of them.
The president appears to be through with negotiations, at least as long as Iran is cracking down on protesters.
Trump posted on True Social yesterday that the killers and abusers in Iran will pay a big price.
He said he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the killing stops, and he urged protesters to take over institutions while suggesting that help will come soon.
He talked about that post yesterday afternoon in Michigan.
You're going to have to figure that one out.
I'm sorry.
He also recommended that any Americans currently in Iran should probably leave now.
That followed a government alert sent out Monday that advised U.S.
citizens should expect continued Internet outages, plan alternative means of communication, and if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Turkey.
Yeah, the Internet blackout over Iran has made it very difficult to get news from the ground.
One of the big questions is the number of people killed by Iranian forces over these protests.
And the number there seems to be more people have been killed during this round of protests than probably any other in recent years.
The U.S.-based human rights activist news agency estimates that 1,800 people have been killed, which already is a huge number, but that's on the low end, actually, of the estimates.
The Saudi-funded outlet Iran International estimates a much higher death toll at around 12,000.
And thousands more Iranians have been arrested, and punishments are already being carried out for those.
Reports say that 26-year-old Irfan Sultani is expected to be hung today after the government found him guilty of, quote, "...waging war on God."
Reports have said that the president has been given a range of options, from military strikes to cyber and psychological attacks.
He's already placed new economic pressures on Iran.
He did that on Monday and said that any nation that conducts business with Iran will be subject to a 25% tariff on all business with the United States.