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GJGCA

(249 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:33 PM Jan 13

'Help is on its way,' Trump tells Iranians as he urges them to keep protesting

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Source: BBC News

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As we've been reporting, President Trump has encouraged Iranians to continue protesting, telling them "HELP IS ON ITS WAY". It comes after he pledged to intervene if Iranians were killed in the protests.

Iran's security forces have cracked down hard in recent days, and the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says at least 1,847 protesters have been killed since the demonstrations began on 28 December, warning the death toll could be far higher.

Responding to Trump on X, Ali Larijani, Secretary of the National Security Council and a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote: "We announce the names of the main murderers of the Iranian people: 1- Trump 2- Netanyahu."

This is not the first time Larijani has responded to Trump on social media.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cj691w2e840t

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'Help is on its way,' Trump tells Iranians as he urges them to keep protesting (Original Post) GJGCA Jan 13 OP
Irony is dead. Ocelot II Jan 13 #1
Asshole makes my head spin.... cyndensco Jan 13 #5
Ahhh, Meirda47 forgot to take his Irony Deficient tablets this morning, AGAIN! n/t aggiesal Jan 13 #2
Is he sending RW mercenaries?................. Lovie777 Jan 13 #3
"Help is on its way" LudwigPastorius Jan 13 #4
Congress says 'wut?' C_U_L8R Jan 13 #6
My pessimistic thoughts... EarthAbides Jan 13 #7
Tells Iran to continue protests and cracks down on protesters in the US. Katinfl Jan 13 #8
Nobody should let trump into their lives, he's the ruiner C Moon Jan 13 #9
After an alert to the hosts, locking. Emile Jan 13 #10

Ocelot II

(129,397 posts)
1. Irony is dead.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:35 PM
Jan 13

cyndensco

(1,763 posts)
5. Asshole makes my head spin....
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:54 PM
Jan 13

aggiesal

(10,582 posts)
2. Ahhh, Meirda47 forgot to take his Irony Deficient tablets this morning, AGAIN! n/t
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:35 PM
Jan 13

Lovie777

(21,950 posts)
3. Is he sending RW mercenaries?.................
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:41 PM
Jan 13

LudwigPastorius

(14,282 posts)
4. "Help is on its way"
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:47 PM
Jan 13

"Help" = cruise missiles

Apparently, Trump wants to liberate the people of Iran's souls from their bodies.

C_U_L8R

(48,995 posts)
6. Congress says 'wut?'
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:54 PM
Jan 13

Pursestrings, my ass.

EarthAbides

(432 posts)
7. My pessimistic thoughts...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:09 PM
Jan 13

Tell me the fascist pig will bomb Iran and then threaten Minneapolis, "You're next." Protests in the streets will turn to violence and martial law will be declared in Minnesota. A testing ground for the rest of the country before the midterms.

My optimistic thoughts are the fascist pig will be dead by the end of the week.

Katinfl

(657 posts)
8. Tells Iran to continue protests and cracks down on protesters in the US.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:16 PM
Jan 13

He’s just itching to use another show of force there.

C Moon

(13,506 posts)
9. Nobody should let trump into their lives, he's the ruiner
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:37 PM
Jan 13

Emile

(40,873 posts)
10. After an alert to the hosts, locking.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 03:58 PM
Jan 13

This is a duplicate of the same news story posted earlier.

Duplicate of: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143597824

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