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GJGCA

(246 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:08 PM Monday

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 599

Source: AP News

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters in nationwide demonstrations that activists said Monday had left at least 599 people dead.

Iran had no direct reaction to Trump’s comments, which came after the foreign minister of Oman — long an interlocutor between Washington and Tehran — traveled to Iran this weekend. It also remains unclear just what Iran could promise, particularly as Trump has set strict demands over its nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal, which Tehran insists is crucial for its national defense.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to foreign diplomats in Tehran, insisted “the situation has come under total control” in remarks that blamed Israel and the U.S. for the violence, without offering evidence.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy-53f2b79c8a0de827b1b8602ac9f0a57b



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Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 599 (Original Post) GJGCA Monday OP
In other words, they DON'T want to negotiate. nt bbernardini Monday #1
The People of Iran that are protesting don't want to negotiate JI7 Monday #2
My Gut Feeling: This is yet another LIE Nictuku Monday #3
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urges Trump to "intervene sooner" so regime "finally collapses" GJGCA Monday #4
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, they're waiting in the wings for you. hedda_foil Monday #5
If not, the people might Polybius Monday #6
"The nation turns its lonely eyes to him" GJGCA Monday #7
He's not throwing away his shot. hedda_foil Monday #8
Of course they did AverageOldGuy Monday #9

JI7

(93,257 posts)
2. The People of Iran that are protesting don't want to negotiate
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:17 PM
Monday

Trump would provide assistance to the Islamic extremists if they made a deal to give him their resources.

GJGCA

(246 posts)
4. Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urges Trump to "intervene sooner" so regime "finally collapses"
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:30 PM
Monday

CBS News

Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled crown prince, called on President Trump to take action against the Iranian regime sooner rather than later, as protesters in his homeland take to the streets despite a deadly crackdown.

In an interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell on Monday, Pahlavi said, "We need action to be taken."

"The best way to ensure that there will be less people killed in Iran is to intervene sooner, so this regime finally collapses and puts an end to all the problems that we are facing," he said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-exiled-crown-prince-reza-pahlavi-regime-change-trump-cbs-news-interview/

hedda_foil

(16,911 posts)
5. Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, they're waiting in the wings for you.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 07:35 PM
Monday

The Shah's kid has aged appreciatively since he was a teenager when Daddy was deposed . Will the orange menace return the princely heir to the Peacock Throne?


GJGCA

(246 posts)
7. "The nation turns its lonely eyes to him"
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:06 PM
Monday
Lacrimae rerum

(apologies to Simon & Garfunkel)
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