Yesterday, US President Donald Trump warned Iran against repressing the protesters in protest against the Iranian regime's downing of the Ukrainian Airlines passenger plane, while US Defense Secretary Mark Esber confirmed that the President was still ready to talk to Iran.

"I tell the leaders of Iran: Do not kill your demonstrators," Trump wrote in a tweet, in the wake of his warning to Tehran against committing a "new massacre of peaceful demonstrators."

Trump assured the Iranian people that he was "on his side" and that the United States was "closely following" the protests that erupted after Tehran acknowledged that it had shot down the Ukrainian plane.

"I stand with you from the beginning of my presidency, and my administration will continue to stand with you," Trump wrote in a Twitter tweet, in both English and Persian, reported to "the brave and long-suffering Iranian people." We follow your protests closely, and draw inspiration from your courage. ”

He added in another tweet, "The Iranian government should allow human rights groups to monitor and report facts from the ground regarding the ongoing protests by the Iranian people."

He continued, "There can be no further massacre against peaceful demonstrators, nor the closure of the Internet. The world is watching. ”

"Thousands of people were killed or imprisoned originally by you," Trump added, warning that the world "and most importantly the United States is watching you."

Trump refers to the demonstrations that broke out in mid-November in Iran, after the authorities announced a significant increase in gasoline prices, in which 300 people were killed, according to Amnesty International.

On Saturday, Iranian police dispersed students chanting "extremist" slogans as they gathered in honor of the victims of the 176th Ukrainian plane crash, which Iran admitted had shot down "by mistake."

Hundreds of students gathered in Tehran, in response to a call to honor 176 people, most of them Iranian and Canadian, who were killed by the downing of a Ukrainian Boeing plane "by mistake" by an Iranian missile last Wednesday.

Trump's warning comes in light of the tension between the United States and Iran that has escalated dramatically since the Americans killed the former commander of the Qods Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Qassem Soleimani, on January 3.

On Wednesday, the Iranians responded with missile attacks on two military bases in Iraq, including American soldiers, that caused no casualties.

Hours after the US president warned Tehran of committing a "new massacre against peaceful demonstrators," US Defense Secretary Mark Esber announced yesterday that President Trump was still ready to talk to Iran "without preconditions."

Esper told CBS that the United States was ready to talk to Iran about "a new path and a series of measures that would make Iran a more natural country."

Defection of the Iranian Kimia Ali Zadeh, who won an Olympic medal

Kimia Alizadeh, the taekwondo player and the only Olympic medalist in Iran, has announced that she has left her country permanently because she can no longer tolerate a "lie" system that uses athletes for political ends and only "humiliates them," she said.

She wrote on her account in "Instagram": "Should I start welcoming, saying goodbye, or offering condolences?", While the country is in shock as a result of the disaster of shooting down a Ukrainian Airlines plane Wednesday in Tehran with a missile, killing 176 people, most of them Iranians. And Canadians.

Al-Riyadi charged the authorities of the Islamic Republic, saying, "I am one of the millions of persecuted women in Iran."

"I wore everything they asked me to wear," added the woman, who won the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Criticism was leveled at the "lying, injustice and flattery" that existed within the political system. Nicosia - AFB

Ukrainian expert team to check the parts of the crashed plane

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zielinski said that a team of experts from his country will work to examine and re-install the parts of the destroyed plane that Iran shot down "by mistake" last Wednesday.

In a televised speech carried by Bloomberg News, Zielinski explained that the team will try to know the circumstances of the accident and find out what happened to the plane in particular.

Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had telephoned his Ukrainian counterpart, to formally apologize to him for the crash of the airliner.

"Rouhani apologized on behalf of the Iranian side for the tragedy that killed 176 people," said a statement issued by Zielinski's office. He added, "The President of the Islamic Republic recognized that Iran fully recognizes that the tragedy was caused by wrong behaviors of the army of this country." During the call, Rouhani confirmed that all those responsible for the accident were held accountable. Washington - d

Trump for the Iranian people: “I have been with you since the beginning of my presidency ... We are following your demonstrations closely, and your courage inspires us.”