Trump steps up rhetorical support for Iran protestors
Washington (AFP) –  President Donald Trump  tried to ramp up pressure on Iran’s “brutal and corrupt” regime amid a sixth day of anti-government protests Tuesday  ignoring warnings that  his  intervention could backfire.
 Trump  demanded a snap UN Security Council meeting to debate unrest that has killed 21 people — mostly protestors — and fired off ever-harsher condemnations of the Islamic republic’s rulers.
“The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime ”  Trump  tweeted  setting the tone a fresh rhetorical blitz on America’s old enemy in Tehran.
 His  top diplomat at the United Nations  Ambassador Nikki Haley  used her public platform to recite protestors’ slogans and declared that “the people of Iran are crying out for freedom.”
 Trump  — flanked in the White House by a coterie of former generals who spent a career fighting Iranian proxies from Beirut to Baghdad — has taken a hard line against Iran since coming to office.
 He  has abandoned Obama-era diplomatic overtures and embraced allies in Israel and Saudi Arabia who are keen to confront Iran’s growing regional power.
Much of Trump’s response has focused on playing up perceived errors by the Obama administration  not least a deal that gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
“All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their ‘pockets.’ The people have little food  big inflation and no human rights. The US is watching!”  Trump  tweeted.
Trump — who built  his  broader political fortunes around opposing America’s first black president — has left the fate of that deal with Congress while  he  continues to oppose it.
Obama’s muted support for 2009 protests in Iran has also appeared to play a role in the  Trump  administration’s’ more vocal response.
 He  has taken to Twitter multiple times since the protests erupted last week.
On Monday   he  said it was “time for change” in Iran and that the country’s people were “hungry” for freedom.
In response to Trump’s latest Twitter attack  Iranian officials have said online accounts in the United States  Britain and Saudi Arabia are fomenting protests  which Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed on the country’s “enemies.”
The White House dismissed suggestions that  Trump ’s interventions could fuel allegations of foreign hands at work.
“ President Trump  is not going to sit by silently like President Obama did. And  he  certainly supports the Iranian people and wants to make that clear.”
Washington (AFP) –  [TGT]tried to ramp up pressure on Iran’s “brutal and corrupt” regime amid a sixth day of anti-government protests Tuesday  ignoring warnings that  [TGT]  intervention could backfire.
 [TGT]demanded a snap UN Security Council meeting to debate unrest that has killed 21 people — mostly protestors — and fired off ever-harsher condemnations of the Islamic republic’s rulers.
“The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime ”  [TGT]  tweeted  setting the tone a fresh rhetorical blitz on America’s old enemy in Tehran.
 [TGT]  top diplomat at the United Nations  Ambassador Nikki Haley  used her public platform to recite protestors’ slogans and declared that “the people of Iran are crying out for freedom.”
 [TGT]— flanked in the White House by a coterie of former generals who spent a career fighting Iranian proxies from Beirut to Baghdad — has taken a hard line against Iran since coming to office.
 [TGT]  has abandoned Obama-era diplomatic overtures and embraced allies in Israel and Saudi Arabia who are keen to confront Iran’s growing regional power.
Much of Trump’s response has focused on playing up perceived errors by the Obama administration  not least a deal that gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
“All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their ‘pockets.’ The people have little food  big inflation and no human rights. The US is watching!”  [TGT]tweeted.
Trump — who built  [TGT]  broader political fortunes around opposing America’s first black president — has left the fate of that deal with Congress while  [TGT]  continues to oppose it.
Obama’s muted support for 2009 protests in Iran has also appeared to play a role in the  [TGT]  administration’s’ more vocal response.
 [TGT]  has taken to Twitter multiple times since the protests erupted last week.
On Monday   [TGT]  said it was “time for change” in Iran and that the country’s people were “hungry” for freedom.
In response to Trump’s latest Twitter attack  Iranian officials have said online accounts in the United States  Britain and Saudi Arabia are fomenting protests  which Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed on the country’s “enemies.”
The White House dismissed suggestions that  Trump ’s interventions could fuel allegations of foreign hands at work.
[TGT]is not going to sit by silently like President Obama did. And  [TGT]  certainly supports the Iranian people and wants to make that clear.”