The United States Embassy in Tehran has issued 1 of the most unambiguous communications of fresh years. The Americans in Iran were advised to leave the country immediately and not to anticipate the U.S. government to pull them out in the event of a crisis. It indicated the preferred way of return by aircraft, and erstwhile these halt flying, land through Armenia to Turkey.
The informing highlighted that U.S. citizens in Iran are peculiarly susceptible to interrogation, arrest and long-term detention only due to the fact that they have an American passport or any connection to the US. Those who, for various reasons, cannot leave can hear to find a safe place, to store food, water and medicines, and to prepare for long days of cutting off from the world.
Trump raises the stakes. Threats, customs and password "Make Iran large Again"
The diplomatic alarm doesn't end. Donald Trump, who since the beginning of the last wave of protests in Iran has been acting as a "political patron" of demonstrators, has publically warned Tehran of bloody repression. In an interview with the U.S. CBS station, he says that if the authorities start hanging protesters, "we'll see what happens," and the US will take "very strong action".
In parallel, the erstwhile president urges the Iranians to proceed to resist. In his entries, he encourages demonstrators to "take over institutions", list the names of the oppressors and do not come off the streets, promising that "help is on the way". He adds the fresh slogan "Make Iran large Again", clearly playing the emotions of people disappointed by the economical crash and the brutality of the regime.
Trump besides suggests economical pressure. It announces a 25% work on goods from countries that proceed to trade with Iran, although it has not yet presented a list of countries or circumstantial decisions. In the background, there are scenarios that have been mentioned in Washington for a long time: from cyber attacks and the extension of sanctions to a more open military intervention.
Protests and victims. Iran again on the brink of an explosion
The streets in Iran are boiling. Initially, the demonstrations caused a dramatic decline in currency value and price explosion, but they rapidly turned into a rebellion against the full system. According to independent Iranian media and human rights organisations, the number of victims may scope from respective to up to respective thousand, and accurate data is unverifiable due to net blockades and intimidation of families killed.
The government responds to the old: censorship, cutting the country off from the net, force pacification of manifestations and demonstration processes. The U.S. State Department warns that the authorities are preparing to execute the death punishment on 1 of the demonstrators convicted in an express trial. It was this spectrum of public executions that became a direct impulse to Trump's sharper statements.
Middle East in the shadow of "very strong action"
W Washington officially repeats that "there are all options on the table," from diplomacy to the usage of force. At the same time, the White home admits that the President's envoy held confidential talks with Iran's authorities, which were now in practice frozen after a wave of protests and bloody reports.
For the mediate East and the full global community, this means returning to the old, well-known question: is the United States ready to reopen a fresh front in the region that has been balancing the threat of war and the attempts to normalize for years? And for average Iranians, will warnings and threats from Washington translate into real support, or will they stay just another word on social media, while blood is inactive pouring on the streets?
