Posted on 01/13/2026 10:59:39 PM PST by RandFan
President Donald Trump says the US will take "very strong action" against Iran if it executes protesters, after earlier telling Iranians "help is on the way"
It comes as relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, tell BBC Persian he is due to be executed today
More than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities, according to a US-based rights group
Trump has been weighing military and other options in response, having already announced 25% tariffs on any country trading with Iran
Iran's government has accused the US of seeking to "manufacture a pretext for military intervention", warning that "this playbook has failed before"
While some people in Iran are now able to call people outside the country, an ongoing internet blackout is making it difficult to verify information from inside
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Trump has warned them not to do it.
It will be noon in an hour in Tehran. When is his execution schedule. Why does this feel like the climax for Brody in Homeland?
They’ve been killing protesters since it started. What is Trump waiting for?
The Mullahs have been exterminating the Iranian people since 1980. The majority of Iranians do not know what it’s like to live without rabid Islamist.
If the mobs get rid of the Mullahs, who is to say it will get any better for them?
PS. The Iranians are helping the Russians kill Ukrainians. So perhaps this is all Karma?
We can do both...I don’t think we will need the stealth bombers in MN quite yet...
Trump can’t do a thing! Unlike Venezuela, Irans mulahs are sitting on a stockpile of missiles and nukes. Europe is in range of Iran as is Israel and the entire ME oil fields. All he can do is talk. Islam is the devil, walk lightly.
—”What is Trump waiting for?”
TACO Tuesday?
One . . . two . . . two-and-a-half . . . two-and-three-quarters . . .
If Iran were going to attach Europe and the oil fields, they would have done it last summer, and especially after we bombed their nuke facility.
In spite of their war talk, they have yet to do anything at all outside the country. IMHO, I'm not so sure they can anymore.
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