{"id":13713,"date":"2026-01-11T05:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-ready-to-help-iranian-protesters-says-trump-as-at-least-116-reported-killed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:46:47","slug":"us-ready-to-help-iranian-protesters-says-trump-as-at-least-116-reported-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/us-ready-to-help-iranian-protesters-says-trump-as-at-least-116-reported-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"US ‘ready to help’ Iranian protesters, says Trump, as at least 116 reported killed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US “stands ready to help” Iranian protesters, Donald Trump has said, as the number of people killed in demonstrations across Iran has risen to more than 100, activists have said.<\/p>\n

As protests across Iran’s<\/strong> 31 provinces in the country enter their third week, <\/strong>officials have imposed a communications blackout, while state media is blaming the protests on “terrorist agents” from the US and Israel.<\/p>\n

The number of those killed in the protests – arguably the biggest seen in the country since the 1979 revolution<\/strong> – has risen from 65 to 116, with 2,600 people detained, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.<\/p>\n

As it happened: Tehran blames US president for escalation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday also saw US President Donald Trump<\/strong> say Washington “stands ready to help,” while Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime critic of Iran’s regime, said the Iranian people’s “long nightmare is soon coming to a close”.<\/p>\n

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The US president, who bombed Iran last summer<\/strong>, posted his support for the protesters on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

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“Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” he said. “The USA stands ready to help!!!”<\/p>\n

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It’s unclear what kind of support Mr Trump is referring to, and it comes a day after he said the US would hit Tehran “very hard” if the government “start[s] killing people” at the White House.<\/p>\n

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued a joint statement on Friday calling on the Iranian authorities to show restraint.<\/p>\n

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