The President of the United States, Donald Trump, claimed on Tuesday night (24) that Iran killed at least 32 thousand protesters in the last two months of protests against the ayatollah regime.
“They shot them and hanged them. We stopped them from hanging many of them with threats of serious violence […]but these are terrible people,” Trump said in his State of the Union address.
Understand the tension between Iran and the United States
United States President Donald Trump has returned to the matter if the country does not negotiate a new nuclear deal that “is fair to all parties.”
The American leader said he sent a , including the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and F-35 fighter jets.
Iranian officials, in turn, refuted the idea of negotiating under threat from the United States. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks could only take place.
Araghchi also warned that Iran’s Armed Forces are fully prepared to respond “immediately and powerfully” to any aggression against Iranian territory, airspace or waters.
The escalation of tension between Iran and the US this year began with the . The Iranian population was outraged by the rampant inflation, taking to the streets in demonstrations against the regime.
Trump has repeatedly warned that he would “strike with full force” if Iranian authorities violently suppressed demonstrations, saying the country was “ready and armed.”
During the protests, an internet blockade was imposed in the country and, according to human rights groups.
Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said any attack by the United States would be considered the “start of a war.”
State of the Union Address
gives the president of the United States the opportunity to highlight the government’s main achievements.
It is held in a joint session of Congress and is broadcast on television in prime time.
This year’s speech takes place at a troubled time for Donald Trump’s government.
A survey of the CNN conducted by SSRS revealed that 32% of Americans say the president had the right priorities, .
