The shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger jet triggers a new wave of protests inside Iran. US President Trump addresses the “brave, long-suffering” Iranians in bilingual messages. “I’m at your side,” he tweets in English and Farsi.
US President Donald Trump has pledged his support to opponents of the regime in Iran and warned the government in Tehran of a violent crackdown on the protests. Trump published a series of bilingual Twitter messages in English and Farsi on Saturday evening, in which he addressed the “brave, long-suffering people” in Iran in the local language and the same wording.
“I have been by your side since the beginning of my presidency, and my government will continue to be with you,” the President wrote, referring to the demonstrators. “We are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage.”
According to Iranian media reports, new protests broke out on Saturday evening in connection with the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane by the Iranian military and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s late admission of guilt in several parts of the capital, Tehran.
Trump tweets in Persian
Hundreds of people took part in Saturday night protest rallies outside Tehran, Amir Kabir and Sharif, according to news agencies IRNA and Isna. The demonstrators initially expressed their grief for the high number of innocent people killed. Then the horror of the people turned into anger against the regime. The focus is both on the shooting itself and the day-long denials by Iranian authorities and the media.
According to Isna, some demonstrators outside Amir Kabir University have called for the resignation of those responsible for the shooting, which killed all 176 people on board the machine. The police intervened to end the protests. According to other sources, demonstrators are said to call the Iranian government “liars” and to Fall of the Mullah regime have called.
Trump: “The world is watching”
Trump called on the Iranian government to let observers into the country to monitor human rights issues related to the current protests. Under no circumstances should there be a “further massacre of peaceful demonstrators” or new restrictions on freedom of expression in social networks in Iran. “The world is watching,” Trump warned.
At times on the sidelines of the protest rally, security forces also put the British ambassador With. The authorities in Tehran risk a diplomatic scandal: Britain’s Foreign Minister Dominic Raab spoke of a “blatant violation of international law”. Iran admitted that the machine was accidentally shot down on Saturday. The authorities had spoken of a technical defect in the machine in the days before. The entire Iranian leadership expressed regret at the incident.
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