Iran unleashes carnage on its own people

What happened

Iranian security forces massacred thousands of protesters this week in an attempt to quell a surging nationwide uprising, as President Trump vowed to defend the demonstrators with “strong action” against the country’s theocratic rulers. The regime said some 3,000 people have been killed in the demonstrations, which began in late December as an economic protest quickly broadened into a general uprising advocating the fall of the ayatollahs. Witnesses and analysts say the true death toll is likely many times higher.