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With the people protesting the Iranian government and calling for better treatment and transparency, some have gone so far as to call for the removal \u2014 by force, if necessary \u2014 of President Hassan Rouhani.
Hail to the heroic people of #Kermanshah who have risen up with chants of \u201cdeath or freedom\u201d, \u201cdeath to Rouhani\u201d and \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d to protest against high prices, poverty and corruption. Yesterday in #Mashhad, today in Kermanshah, and tomorrow all over #Iran.
\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) December 29,2017
Rouhani, who won re-election on the promise of a more representative government, has not delivered.
19 May 2017: Rouhani won 24 mill. votes on one promise: \u201cA more representative political system to come\u201d
He lied. 222 days later: protests pic.twitter.com\/ogByBs9eDn
\u2014 Alex Vatanka (@AlexVatanka) December 31,2017
With more and more people filling the streets of Iran, Rouhani finally addressed the people on Sunday evening \u2014 and he was certainly fired up, but it wasn’t the protesters he was angry with.
Rather, Rouhani took aim at President Donald Trump.
Fox News reported:
He said Trump \u201chas forgotten that he had called Iranian people ‚terrorists‘ a few months ago.\u201d
Rouhani also said in his speech Sunday night \u2014 his first since the protests first broke out Thursday \u2014 that people have the right to demonstrate, but those demonstrations should not make the public \u201cfeel concerned about their lives and security.\u201d
Trump and others in his administration have voiced their support for the Iranian citizens‘ protests and have put the Iranian government on notice regarding their potential response to the protests.
And Trump didn’t let Rouhani’s jab go unanswered, either:
Iran, the Number One State of Sponsored Terror with numerous violations of Human Rights occurring on an hourly basis, has now closed down the Internet so that peaceful demonstrators cannot communicate. Not good!
\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31,2017
Fox News also noted there have been numerous reports of limited access to the messaging app Telegram \u2014 which the Associated Press believes was used to coordinate the protests \u2014 and Instagram as well.<\/p>\n

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