Trump Cancels All Talks With Iran and Tells Protesters “Help Is on its Way”
President Trump has cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials and told protesters that “help is on its way” as thousands of demonstrators are killed by the brutal theocratic regime. The Mail has more.
In a significant escalation of ‘maximum pressure’ rhetoric, Trump has shifted from diplomatic sanctions to an overt call for grassroots regime change by urging Iranian citizens to “take over” their institutions.
“Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. MIGA!!!’,” he wrote this morning.
Trump is holding a meeting today with Secretary of State Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine and other top leaders to weigh options for Iran.
Trump has cautioned that military action could come before any diplomatic sit-down if conditions on the ground deteriorate further.
“A meeting is being set up,” Trump had told reporters, warning, “We may have to act before a meeting.”
Verified video evidence from Sunday shows citizens gathered at the Kahrizak Forensic Centre in Tehran. The footage depicts people standing over long rows of dark body bags.
Since the nationwide demonstrations began on December 28th, the US-based human rights organization HRANA reports it has confirmed about 600 fatalities, but according to other reports that number is more likely in the thousands.
President Trump told a group of reporters on Air Force One that Iranian diplomats had reached out to the administration to negotiate.
“The communication channel between our Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and the US special envoy (Steve Witkoff) is open and messages are exchanged whenever necessary,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
Mohammad Ghalibaf, Iran’s speaker of Parliament, put out a statement Sunday saying that any US military action will result in a retaliatory response from Iran.
“If the United States takes military action, both the occupied territories and US military and shipping lanes will be our legitimate targets,” Ghalibaf said. “Both US and Israeli military bases could be targets,” he added.
Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday night, Trump threatened to intervene, saying: “The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options.”
Asked about Iran’s threats of retaliation, he said: “If they do that, we will hit them at levels that they’ve never been hit before.”
This wave of protests was ignited by an economic implosion that saw the Iranian Rial plunge to a historic low of 1.45 million per US dollar, essentially making their currency near worthless and driving inflation higher than 70%.
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Reuters reports that an Iranian official has admitted that around 2,000 people have been killed, while Iranian opposition website Iran International puts the figure at around 12,000.
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Bomb the crap out of the mullahs Donald!!
And once it is out, go back and bomb both the crap and the mullahs – just to make certain. They are some of the most evil people on this planet (and I use the word advisedly). Having been to Iran on a number of occasions between 1992 and 2016, I can assure you that a significant number of Iranians have the same perspective.
Thanks and I appreciate your “local” knowledge. 👍
Other world issue DJT will be mulling are Chagos and China. Not only is Starmer about to grant permission for an enormous Chinese embassy compound (big enough from which to launch pre-emptive strikes on London) but Starmer will also enter into submissive political and trade deals.
We have known of the decades long live PR campaign by particular Tories on behalf of China, we know of China’s dominance over universities and Whitehall, but when did they seduce the Labour Party.
Or are all these things just ways of creating more waves of mass immigration to the West by yet more of the Islamic Horde, as “refugees”?
I wonder whether most ordinary Americans would rather he bombed the Somalis out of Minnesota and America completely, for a start, and encouraged the mass Remigration of all Third World Invaders back to their own vast ancestral homelands?
Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Russia, Ukraine & China don’t solve any problems at home for the American people, do they?
Just sayin’…
What I would like to know is why did the Iranian government slaughter 12,000 IRANIANS IN ONE DAY, during the January 8th – 9th 2026 Internet Blackout, as Will Jones reported from Iranian sources, such as this one: At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown during internet blackout | Iran International “Iran International reached the conclusion after reviewing information it received from a source close to the Supreme National Security Council; two sources in the presidential office; accounts from several sources within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the cities of Mashhad, Kermanshah, and Isfahan; testimonies from eyewitnesses and families of those killed; field reports; data linked to medical centers; and information provided by doctors and nurses in various cities.” “The killing was carried out on the direct order of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with the explicit knowledge and approval of the heads of all three branches of government, and with an order for live fire issued by the Supreme National Security Council, Iran International has learned.” Wondering whether this was some kind of Mass Illuminati Ritual Human Sacrifice, I searched and searched to find some connection with various world religions, including the occult, on that specific date, but could… Read more »
Just look at the SHOCKING BLASPHEMY of Iran’s Supreme leader thus CLAIMING TO BE “GOD” !!!
“Tehran’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, warned on Saturday that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an ‘enemy of God’, punishable by a death-penalty charge.”
He may be a despicable human being, but its quite a stretch to say that is him claiming to be God.
FALSE!
Iran’s Leader is the one who commanded that
ANYONE PROTESTING AGAINST HIS RULE will be considered
“An Enemy of God” and given the death penalty!!
You cannot get any clearer than that.
Iran’s Leader is CLAIMING TO BE GOD.
Thank God for President Trump.
No. God did not send The AntiChrist.
Bombing from on high.
Cowardice at its best.