{"id":81199,"date":"2026-01-13T20:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=81199"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:10:28","slug":"trumps-direct-call-to-iranian-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trumps-direct-call-to-iranian-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s direct call to Iranian protesters: Keep going\u2026 Help is on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As protests continue across Iran, Trump delivered a statement that is expected to further escalate tensions. In his post on social media, he addressed Iranian protesters directly and called on them to continue demonstrating. Referring to them as \u201cIranian patriots,\u201d Trump urged protesters to \u201ctake over your institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trump: Keep protesting, take over your institutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In his post, <a title=\"Trump issues executive order to shield Venezuelan oil\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/trump-order-to-shield-venezuelan-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> told Iranian protesters: \u201cIranian patriots, keep protesting, take over your institutions.\u201d His remarks drew attention as an explicit show of support for the street movement in Iran.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A harsh message for those using violence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trump also addressed allegations of violence against protesters, calling on demonstrators to \u201ckeep records.\u201d He urged them to document the names of those involved in violence, saying: \u201cRecord the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cI walked away,\u201d he said<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Trump\u2019s strongest message came on the diplomatic front. He said he would not engage with Iranian authorities as long as violence against protesters continues. \u201cI have cancelled all talks with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters stops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>He ended the post with: \u201cHelp is on the way\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Trump closed his message by repeating: \u201cHelp is on the way.\u201d He also referenced his campaign slogan \u201cMAGA,\u201d using the acronym \u201cMIGA\u201d instead \u2014 \u201cMake Iran Great Again.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials \u2022 FRANCE 24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIyRw4i36Tc\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As protests continue across Iran, Trump delivered a statement that is expected to further escalate tensions. In his post on social media, he addressed Iranian protesters directly and called on them to continue demonstrating. Referring to them as \u201cIranian patriots,\u201d Trump urged protesters to \u201ctake over your institutions.\u201d Trump: Keep protesting, take over your institutions &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9192199,"featured_media":81200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,37],"tags":[77263,13552,80378,2057],"class_list":["post-81199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-america","category-middle-east","tag-donald-trump","tag-iranian","tag-iranian-patriots","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9192199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81201,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81199\/revisions\/81201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}