US tells its citizens in Iran to leave or seek refuge
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I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 14th of January, these are our main stories. President Trump warns of very strong action if the Iranian government starts hanging protesters as the U.S. urges its citizens to leave Iran.
Why is the US urging its citizens to leave Iran?
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There is not a bad seat in a BTS concert. The world's biggest K-pop band announces plans to go around the world in 80 dates. Almost. All eyes are on the White House to see what action President Trump will take against Iran in response to verified images of protesters being mown down by security forces firing automatic weapons and reports of thousands killed. After days of threatening military action, Mr Trump has given what many see as his strongest warning yet that the U.S. could intervene in Iran. The US president told the BBC's partner, CBS News, that he would take, quote, very strong action if the Iranian government started hanging protesters.
I haven't heard about the hanging. If they hang them, you're going to see some things that, I don't know where you come from and what your thought process is, but you'll perhaps be very happy. What do you mean by that?
We will take very strong action. If they do such a thing, we will take very strong action. And this strong action you're talking about, what's the end game? The end game is to win. I like winning. How do you define that in Iran?
Well, let's define it in Venezuela. Let's define it with al-Baghdadi. He was wiped out. Let's define it with Soleimani. And let's define it in Iran, where he wiped out their Iran nuclear threat. in a period of about 15 minutes once the B-2s got there. We don't want to see what's happening in Iran happen. And, you know, if they want to have protests, that's one thing. When they start killing thousands of people and now you're telling me about hanging, we'll see how that works out for them. It's not going to work out good.
Mr Trump has been holding talks with security officials to discuss possible courses of action. The US has again urged its citizens in Iran to leave. Our North America correspondent Peter Bowes told me more. Thank you very much. One sign that a U.S. response is imminent came just a few hours ago. We've just referred to it. The U.S. State Department repeating a message that it sent out on Monday telling its citizens in Iran, if safe to do so, to consider departing the country by land to Armenia or Turkey online. Or, this message goes on, find a secure location inside their own building and make sure they have food supplies with them. They're told to monitor local media for breaking news, be prepared to adjust their plans to keep their phones charged, maintain communication with family and friends.
So these are ominous signs, some might say positive signs, that the US is planning a significant intervention. And what kind of intervention could that be? What are the options? Well, we've heard locked and loaded. This is what he said quite a few days ago now, ready to go. There are many options on the table from military to anomic. The U.S. could launch airstrikes against military sites or Iran's nuclear program. President, we just heard him refer to what happened last summer, the B-2 stealth bombers that flew 30-hour round-trip missions from an Air Force base in Missouri to drop bombs on two U.S. of Iran's most important nuclear sites. I think the president will be thinking about that. The U.S. could pinpoint attacks on elements of the Iranian regime responsible for the current repression.
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