The New York Times reports: ‘Eyewitnesses say government forces [in Iran] have begun opening fire, apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly indiscriminately, on unarmed protesters. Hospital workers say protesters had been coming in with pellet injuries but now arrive with gunshot wounds and skull fractures. One doctor called it a “mass-casualty situation.”’

‘“The regime is on a killing spree,” said one protester.’

NYT adds: ‘Whether the violent crackdown will succeed in intimidating protesters into silence remains to be seen. On Monday, fewer videos of the unrest appeared than in previous days. But Saeed insisted that the killings would not stop the protesters.’

The question is whether Trump will make the situation worse or not. He promised the Iranian people help. But you cannot bomb a regime into submission (former Yugoslavia, Iraq, etcetera).

Help might mean, tariffs on countries that do business with Iran, or war. Another killing spree.

(a sf 2028)