Yesterday, US President Donald Trump again warned Iran against cracking down on protesters in protest at the Iranian regime's downing of a Ukrainian Airlines passenger plane.
"I tell the leaders of Iran: Do not kill your demonstrators," Trump wrote in a tweet on his Twitter account, in the wake of his warning to Tehran against committing a "new massacre of peaceful protesters."
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.
"To the brave, long-suffering Iranian people, I have been with you since the beginning of my presidency, and my administration will be with you," Trump wrote on Twitter. He added, "We are following your demonstrations closely, and your courage inspires us."
"To the brave, long-suffering Iranian people: I stand by your side since the beginning of my presidency, and my administration will continue to stand with you. We follow your protests closely, and draw inspiration from your courage," Trump said in a tweet in both English and Persian.
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."
The Iranian regime called for restoring the Internet and letting the journalists work freely.
The American President ended his tweet by addressing the Iranian regime: “Stop killing the great Iranian people!”
Trump points 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 an invitation 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 on Wednesday.