With a tweet written in Persian, President Donald Trump sent a message of support to the inhabitants of Iran, on a day when groups of Protestants took to the streets of that country to demand the resignation of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“For the brave and suffering Iranian people: I have been with you since the beginning of my presidency and my government will continue to be with you. We are closely following their protests. Your courage is inspiring, ”Trump wrote in Persian.
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The tweet has generated 170 thousand interactions, almost double the reactions generated by the same message published in English at the same time (until the time of publication of this article).
" Commander in chief, resignation, resignation, " was one of the songs of hundreds of people in front of Amir Kabir University in Tehran.
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Trump called on the Iranian government to allow human rights groups to report the evolution of these protests. “There can be no other massacre against peaceful Protestants, nor an Internet blockade. The world is watching, ”the president wrote in another tweet.
Protests on Saturday are heightened after the Iranian government admitted that it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing 176 people.
Citizens from seven countries traveled on the Boeing plane: Iran (82), Canada (63), Ukraine (11), Sweden (10), Afghanistan (4), Germany (3) and United Kingdom (3). The majority of Canadians were students of Iranian origin who made connection to return to the North American country. There were also families, like the story of two sisters, one of whom lived in San Diego.
The annoyance of the Iranians who protested today is also fueled by the perception that Ali Khamenei's government initially tried to hide the causes of the plane's crash, according to NBC News.
Initially, Iran had assured that a human error had caused the flight to fall, denying that it was the impact of a missile. Intelligence from several countries, including the United States and Canada, questioned that version, ensuring that it had been an attack, which was finally recognized by Tehran.
A great vigil was also held in Tehran in honor of the victims of the crashed plane. Other protests and demonstrations against the escalation of violence in Iran were also held in several countries of the world.
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