{"id":13768,"date":"2026-01-12T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-says-iran-want-to-negotiate-after-reports-of-hundreds-killed-in-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:16:51","slug":"trump-says-iran-want-to-negotiate-after-reports-of-hundreds-killed-in-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-says-iran-want-to-negotiate-after-reports-of-hundreds-killed-in-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran \u2018want to negotiate\u2019 after reports of hundreds killed in protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 12 &mdash; US President Donald Trump said Iran&rsquo;s leadership had contacted him to seek negotiations, as protests across the country entered a second week amid a violent crackdown that rights groups say has killed scores of demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said &ldquo;the leaders of Iran called&rdquo; and that &ldquo;a meeting is being set up&rdquo;, while warning that Washington &ldquo;may have to act before a meeting&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>According to AFP, Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests initially sparked by rising living costs, which have since evolved into a broader challenge to the theocratic system in place since the 1979 revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a prolonged internet shutdown, information has continued to emerge, with videos and eyewitness accounts indicating large demonstrations in Tehran and other cities.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups said the death toll is rising. The US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran said it had received credible reports suggesting hundreds of protesters may have been killed during the crackdown, while Norway-based Iran Human Rights said it had confirmed at least 192 deaths and warned the actual figure could be far higher.<\/p>\n<p>Iran Human Rights also estimated that more than 2,600 people have been arrested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>AFP reported that daily life in Tehran has been severely disrupted, with many shops closed and security forces heavily deployed, even as state media sought to project a return to calm.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities have rejected foreign pressure, with parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warning that US military assets and shipping would be considered &ldquo;legitimate targets&rdquo; if Washington intervenes.<\/p>\n<p>The protests represent one of the most serious challenges in years to the rule of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, coming months after heightened regional tensions following Israel&rsquo;s war with Iran in June. &mdash; AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Trump says Iran &lsquo;want to negotiate&rsquo; after reports of hundreds killed in protests<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 12 &mdash; US President Donald Trump said Iran&rsquo;s leadership had contacted him to seek negotiations, as protests across the country entered a second week amid a violent crackdown that rights groups say has killed scores of demonstrators. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said &ldquo;the leaders of Iran called&rdquo;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-says-iran-want-to-negotiate-after-reports-of-hundreds-killed-in-protests\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Trump says Iran \u2018want to negotiate\u2019 after reports of hundreds killed in protests&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}