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Iranians in the Streets Cry to Trump: ‘Don’t Let Them Kill Us’ as Regime Massacres Continue

In blistering scenes across Tehran and cities nationwide, the Iranian people are screaming for help — and many are pointing their pleas directly to Donald Trump.


Protesters who have taken to the streets against the brutalocracy of Tehran’s clerical regime have not only faced a merciless crackdown — independent monitors report thousands slaughtered and thousands more detained or injured — they are now broadcasting desperate messages imploring the United States to act.


Videos circulating across international media show citizens in Tehran carrying makeshift signs in English and Farsi demanding Trump’s intervention, with chants of “Trump, help us!” scrawled on walls and echoed through alleyways. One young woman held a placard reading, “Trump, a symbol of peace. Don’t let them kill us,” underscoring a raw, existential plea for Western backing against the regime’s bullets.


Only weeks ago, President Trump himself fanned the flames of hope when he told Iranian protesters to “keep protesting” and that “help is on its way” — remarks that were interpreted by many inside Iran as a promise of imminent U.S. action.


Today, those hopes are colliding with the reality of delay and distance. Some protesters now speak in tones of heartbreak, saying they believed decisive pressure — even military options — would follow Trump’s warning. Instead, the regime tightened its grip, and the streets ran red.


Yet Trump’s message of resolve still hangs over Tehran like a storm cloud. In U.S. media interviews, he warned that Washington would take “very strong action” should Iran hang protesters — a stark rebuke to the mullahs’ machinery of death.


The scale of the bloodshed is staggering. Activist groups report nearly 4,000 deaths tied to the uprising, with thousands more wounded. Families bury sons and daughters in silence. Mothers smuggle photos of the dead onto encrypted apps before the regime cuts the internet again. Entire neighborhoods are plunged into digital darkness as Tehran tries to sever the people from the world.


Inside Iran, the situation is now one of siege. Security forces sweep through cities at night. Detainees vanish. The regime’s fear is palpable — and so is its cruelty. Even prominent figures within the establishment have pleaded for restored communications, warning that the blackout is only fueling rage.


On the global stage, condemnations mount. International bodies decry Tehran’s “brutal repression.” Diplomats issue statements. Committees convene. But on the ground, words do not stop bullets.


And so the chants continue.


“Don’t let them kill us.”


For millions of Iranians, America remains the last great power capable of shifting the balance. They are not asking for lectures. They are not asking for conferences. They are asking for rescue.


In the streets of Tehran, Trump is not a politician. He is a symbol — of strength, of defiance, of a world that once confronted tyrants instead of appeasing them. Whether that symbol becomes action may determine how this chapter ends: with freedom rising from the ashes, or with another generation buried beneath them.


The world is watching.


Iran is bleeding.


And the people are still calling his name.

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