{"id":47041,"date":"2026-01-09T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=47041"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:31:25","slug":"well-hit-them-very-hard-trump-threatens-iran-again-as-protest-death-toll-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=47041","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>\u2018We\u2019ll Hit Them Very Hard\u2019: Trump Threatens Iran Again as Protest Death Toll Rises<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>READ HERE:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0doubled down on his threats to attack Iran on Thursday in response to its government\u2019s increasingly violent crackdown on ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protests\">protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they start killing people, which they tend to do during their riots\u2014they have lots of riots\u2014if they do it, we\u2019re going to hit them very hard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Iranian people, he added: \u201cYou must stand up for your right to freedom. There is nothing like freedom. You are a brave people. It\u2019s a shame what\u2019s happening to your country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Norway-based Iran\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/human-rights\">Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0(IHR) reported on Thursday that Iranian security forces have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/08\/iran-plunged-into-internet-blackout-as-protests-over-economy-spread-nationwide\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a>\u00a0at least 45 protesters since demonstrations against the regime began in late December. Wednesday was the bloodiest day yet, with 13 people reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}