There are reports of more anti-government protests in Iran, and people are wondering what el Presidente Trumpo will do about it.
From Reuters:
Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in several cities across Iran on Friday, Iranian news agencies and social media reports said, as price protests turned into the largest wave of demonstrations since nationwide pro-reform unrest in 2009.
Police dispersed anti-government demonstrators in the western city of Kermanshah as protests spread to Tehran and several other cities a day after rallies in the northeast, the semi-official news agency Fars said.
The outbreak of unrest reflects growing discontent over rising prices and alleged corruption, as well as concern about the Islamic Republic’s costly involvement in regional conflicts such as those in Syria and Iraq.
An official said a few protesters had been arrested in Tehran, and footage posted on social media showed a heavy police presence in the capital and some other cities.
About 300 demonstrators gathered in Kermanshah after what Fars said was a “call by the anti-revolution”. They shouted: “Political prisoners should be freed” and “Freedom or death”, and some public property was destroyed. Fars did not name any opposition groups.
If you remember, these kinds of protests broke out during Obama’s regime too, and he didn’t do a damn thing about it. NOW we can look back and understand that he was wanting to broker a nuke deal with the Iranians the whole time, and would never support such protests.
But if we truly want to combat evil in the world and support those battling it under the severest of circumstances, it would be very instructive if Trump came out and supported their protest…
UPDATE!!!
BOOM!! I made the call and President Trump jumped to please my whims!
NEW: U.S. urges “all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption,” State Dept. says, after second day of spontaneous protests. https://t.co/0fyl85MUGw pic.twitter.com/MxdyGBSH6S
— ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2017
Exactly what the Sooper ordered. Now it’s much more difficult to back up a statement of support with action without shoving the precarious Middle East into more chaos. But still, good for Trump.