{"id":2532907,"date":"2026-01-12T00:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells-12\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:44:31","slug":"trump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump weighing &#8216;very strong options&#8217; for US response on Iran as protest death toll swells"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells-12%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2532907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Trump said he is considering &#8220;very strong options,&#8221; including possible military steps, in response too Iran&#8217;s violent crackdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-... Advocate\">anti-regime protests<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> the military is reviewing plans and that the U.S. &#8220;may have to act before a meeting,&#8221; warning Tehran is beginning to cross his declared red line after protesters were killed. Trump also said Iran has inquired about negotiating a new nuclear deal, and he is receiving hourly updates as the situation worsens; U.S.-based groups estimate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells\/\" title=\"Trump weighing ...very ...... for US ... on Iran as protest death toll swells\">protest death toll<\/a> has topped 500 and arrests are in the tens of thousands. Iran has warned it would target U.S. and Israeli interests if strikes occur, and Trump replied the U.S. would retaliate more forcefully than Iran expects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump weighing &lsquo;very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighing-very-strong-options-for-us-response-on-iran-as-protest-death-toll-swells-2\/\" title=\"Trump weighing ...very ...... for US ... on Iran as ... swells\">strong options&#038;rsquo<\/a>; for US response on Iran as protest death toll swells<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2468717\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> said on Sunday night that he is considering &ldquo;very strong options&rdquo; for a U.S. military response to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a>&lsquo;s violent crackdown on anti-regime <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\">protesters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking at it very seriously. The military is looking at it, and we&rsquo;re looking at some very strong options. We&rsquo;ll make a determination,&rdquo; Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413867\/trump-order-blocking-courts-seizing-venezuelan-oil-money\/\">Trump signs order blocking courts from seizing Venezuelan oil money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413831\/graham-hints-us-military-action-iran-soon\/\">Graham hints at US military action against Iran regime &#8216;soon&#8217; as protests continue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4413701\/trump-suspends-federal-financial-rewards-to-minnesota\/\">Trump Department of Agriculture suspends federal financial rewards to Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump also revealed that Iran has reached out about negotiating a possible nuclear deal after Trump withdrew the United States from the previous one during his first term. But he stressed that the U.S. &ldquo;may have to act before a meeting,&rdquo; adding that the regime is &ldquo;starting&rdquo; to cross his red line, where he previously vowed U.S. intervention if they killed protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re starting to [cross it]. It looks like [it]. There seem to be some people killed that aren&rsquo;t supposed to be killed. &hellip; They rule through violence,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president added that he is receiving &ldquo;hourly&rdquo; reports on the situation, which is worsening.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple U.S-based human rights groups have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/01\/11\/iran-protests-death-toll\/\">indicated<\/a> that the death toll from the protests is now over 500 just two weeks after they began in late December. Arrests also number in the tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4413888\/iran-us-israel-legitimate-targets-protests\/\">IRAN SAYS US AND ISRAEL &lsquo;LEGITIMATE TARGETS&rsquo; IF TRUMP ORDERS STRIKES OVER PROTESTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously threatened preemptive strikes<\/a> on nearby U.S. bases if Trump were to greenlight a military response.<\/p>\n<p>Trump warned on Sunday if that were to happen, the U.S. &ldquo;will hit them harder than they imagine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump considers force as Iran protest deaths rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2532908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trump-iran-strong-options.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32319,70533,36408],"class_list":["post-2532907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran-protests","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/trump-iran-strong-options.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532911,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532907\/revisions\/2532911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}