Another rising up of Iranians …
And?
Another brutual action against it by the countries religious leaders….
The American President says he’ll help the efforts for regime change…
Iran isn’t Venezuela….
Trump administration national security officials, meanwhile, were preparing to discuss options, including possible military strikes, a senior U.S. official told The Washington Post.
The Center for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, said it had received eyewitness accounts and credible reports that hundreds of protesters have been killed since the government shut down access to the internet Thursday night. The Human Rights Activists News Agency, also based in the United States, said 490 protesters have been killed since the protests began.
A senior western official who was briefed on the matter said hundreds were killed in 48 hours of protests. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said the spread of protests across a wide geographical area made it difficult to gather credible casualty figures.
The Trump administration is considering military options in response to the crackdown, U.S. officials said late Saturday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues. Officials across the key national security agencies were scheduled to brief President Donald Trump early this week, a senior U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
The president’s top diplomatic, military and defense advisers, were expected to discuss a broad array of options, including both military and nonmilitary responses, the official said.
The planned deliberations, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, were at an early stage, the official said. The president had not settled on a preferred option, they said.
“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” Trump posted Saturday on social media. “The USA stands ready to help!!!”
Options under review, the Journal reported, could include deploying cyberweapons against Iranian military and civilian sites, imposing additional economic sanctions on the Iranian government and launching military strikes….
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An Iranian diplomat told The Post that peaceful civil protests had “turned into an armed attack on police and ordinary people and burning public services and places” with “surprising speed.”
“So far,” he said, “the Syrianization of Iran failed.” Rebels toppled longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
The diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, accused Israeli intelligence officers of infiltrating the protests and fomenting the violence.
“It was actually the follow-up of the 12-day war,” he said, the June 2025 exchange of missiles between Iran, Israel and the United States, “and there was no other option for the Iranian government [but] to shut down internet to disrupt the communication of terrorist cells.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking Sunday at a government meeting, said Israel was “closely monitoring” events. The people of Israel “stand in awe of the immense bravery of Iran’s citizens,” he said, and Israel “supports their struggle for freedom.”…
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The protests, sparked by merchants devastated by the precipitous fall of the Iranian currency in the past few months, began on Dec. 28. They spread quickly across the country and were joined by students, workers and others….
image….Smoke rises over protesters in Mashhad, Iran, on Saturday. (Social media/Reuters)
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