Trump announces tariffs on Iran's allies
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Life is better with a story. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 13th of January, these are our main stories. President Trump says countries doing business with Iran will face an immediate 25% tariff on trade with the U.S.
What are the implications of Trump's tariffs on Iran's allies?
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Also in this podcast... It's absolutely exploded. And that's despite the fact that some are saying it is a pretty grim idea, isn't it? I mean, let's face it.
The viral Chinese app for young people living on their own called Are You Dead Yet?, President Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if its regime continues its brutal crackdown on the huge crowds that have turned out for the past two weeks to demand a better future. Witnesses have talked of security forces opening fire on unarmed protesters with Kalashnikov-style assault rifles. Hundreds, possibly thousands of people have been killed. And on Monday, Mr Trump announced not military action against Iran, but a favourite measure of his, tariffs of 25% against any country that trades with Iran. In a moment, we'll look at the impact this is likely to have. But first, despite an internet and communications blackout since last Thursday, we have been able to identify some of the people killed in recent days.
BBC Persian's Jia Gol tells us about one of them. Rubinia Aminian, a 23-year-old Kurdish student at University in Tehran, was studying fashion design and dreamed of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Like many of her generation who challenged the regime's social restrictions on women, she refused to remain silent or stay confined to her university accommodation. On Thursday, Rubina joined the protest. Two days later, her father and mother were called to Tehran to identify her body in the morgue.
The security forces did not want to release Robina's body. My sister snatched her and took her daughter into her arms and held her for four hours as she drove back to her hometown in Kurdistan. The security forces then refused to allow her to bury her daughter in their city and they did not permit a funeral.
Communicating with Iran is extremely difficult. The regime has completely shut down the Internet. Only a small number of people have managed to get in touch with us via Starlink satellite connections. The information we have received suggests the deaths include fathers, mothers and teenagers. Over the past two weeks, we have been able to identify some of the victims and speak to their families. Many of them were under 18 years old. On state TV, a paramilitary commander warns parents if their children go out and are shot by a bullet, they should not complain. Many Iranians abroad are also desperately searching for their loved ones, but finding it almost impossible to reach them. Sahar in Germany told us she's scared to contact her family.
The regime is able to execute people under false allegations. And I don't want to contact them to say something wrong, which could be maybe dangerous for them.
And of course, no one wants to lose a family member or a loved one. But what about all the others who were killed?
They are also loved ones from families inside Iran. So it's very difficult. I try to get as much information as possible, especially from the National Council of Resistance of Iran. But I try to avoid to see all the movies and images which are very horrible from inside Iran.
Watching on from Norway, Melissa told us she feels both hope and fear.
I woke up to the news these past few days and I was horrified of the numbers. And I had this split second where I thought, what are we doing? Is it worth it? But of course it is. This is a price for freedom. I myself live in safety in Norway, so it's easy for me to say, But obviously, the people in Iran who do not have those rights, who do not live free, are willing to pay the price for their freedoms.
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