Trump: Protests in Iran have stopped, there are no more mass clashes
Today Trump said that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped.
And judging by the information coming out of Iran, he's right. The killings have indeed stopped because the protests themselves have practically ceased. They've been suppressed. At least in the major cities.
Over the past couple of days, there have been almost no reports of new protests in Iran. Neither Western news agencies nor Iranian opposition websites or bloggers covering the protests have reported on them.
The only exception is information circulating in Israeli media, citing certain Kurdish organizations, that protesters have seized an IRGC base near the Iraqi border. There is no confirmation of this, though it cannot be ruled out that clashes could continue in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran. As for the rest of the country, there have been no reports of new major protests in the past 24 hours.
There is only news about pro-government rallies.
We have already written about the fact that the Iranian authorities were most likely able to turn the situation with the protests in their favor after the police and the IRGC began shooting to kill at the protesters (some of whom were also armed).
After which, the US began hinting at strikes on Iran (which most likely would not have been necessary if the protesters had been successful and the regime was at risk of being overthrown).
Now, Trump has effectively confirmed that Tehran was able to suppress the protests.
And it would seem that his words suggest that the Americans now have no reason to strike Iran.
Western journalists report that even Tehran's opponents in the Middle East, including Israel, are opposed to this, believing that an external attack could rally Iranians “around the flag” and strengthen the ayatol regime.
On the other hand, news outlets are actively reporting (https://t.me/stranaua/222966) on escalating military tensions and the possibility of a US strike within the next 24 hours. Furthermore, Trump has already employed diversionary tactics with Iran, making statements like “everything is fine now” only to launch a surprise attack later (as he did, for example, on the eve of Israel's attack on Iran last June).
That is, it's too early to say definitively that there won't be any drastic moves around Iran in the foreseeable future, either in terms of a direct attack by the US and Israel or in terms of attempts to spark a new wave of protests in the country.
