https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603139429
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More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during a two-day crackdown on nationwide protests on January 8–9
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"They literally have people in the streets with machine guns, machine-gunning people down if they want to protest," Trump said, referring to Iran's security forces. "That's a pretty big hurdle to climb for people that don't have weapons.."