{"id":2533202,"date":"2026-01-12T05:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-military-strikes-as-islamic-regime-slaughters-hundreds-in-historic-resistance-movement\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:42:42","slug":"trump-weighs-military-strikes-as-islamic-regime-slaughters-hundreds-in-historic-resistance-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-military-strikes-as-islamic-regime-slaughters-hundreds-in-historic-resistance-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Weighs Military Strikes as Islamic Regime Slaughters Hundreds in Historic Resistance Movement"},"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\">26<\/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-weighs-military-strikes-as-islamic-regime-slaughters-hundreds-in-historic-resistance-movement%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=2533202&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 Donald Trump reviewed military strike options as deadly anti-government protests in Iran intensified, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multiple outlets reporting hundreds killed<\/a> and thousands arrested. Sources including The Washington Post and the BBC say the unrest has shifted from economic grievances too calls for regime change, prompting what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-star-brittney-griner-transferred-to-russian-penal-colony\/\" title=\"WNBA Star Brittney Griner Transferred to Russian Penal Colony\">rights groups describe<\/a> as a violent crackdown using snipers, drones and troops. The Center for Human Rights in Iran called the situation a massacre, while one report put arrests near 10,000 and deaths around 500, with many protesters reportedly shot in the head or chest. Iran briefly cut internet access amid the unrest. Exiled crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urged U.S. intervention, and Trump publicly backed the protesters, warning the U.S. was &#8220;locked and loaded&#8221; and would strike iran hard but without ground forces. Iran&#8217;s parliament speaker warned that any U.S. attack would be met by strikes on American bases and Israeli territory. Tensions remain high as international concern grows over further bloodshed and potential military escalation.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Donald Trump on Sunday reviewed options for military strikes in Iran amid reports that the death toll among anti-government protesters was rising rapidly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Sunday report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/01\/11\/iran-protests-death-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> said that &ldquo;hundreds&rdquo; of protesters had been killed in the past 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the Post called a &ldquo;senior Western official&rdquo; said that as the protests morphed from complaints about the economy to attacks on the government, Iranian leaders decided they must be quelled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is now unequivocally about regime change for many of the protesters, hence also the regime&rsquo;s escalation into violence,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &ldquo;regime is holding it together for now,&rdquo; the official said, using &ldquo;massive violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; 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the center said. &ldquo;The world must act now to prevent further loss of life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Sunday report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> quoted a source as saying, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like a war zone. The streets are full of blood.&rdquo; The report estimated 10,000 people have been arrested and 500 killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report said that many slain Tehran protesters died from &ldquo;direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well. Many of them didn&rsquo;t even make it to the hospital.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who has been in exile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, called on Trump to help liberate Iran, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/exiled-iranian-crown-prince-appeals-trump-iran-protests-mark-defining-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;You have already established your legacy as a man committed to peace and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pahlavi-says-trump-total-opposite-of-obama-and-biden-on-iran\/\" title=\"Pahlavi says ... &#039;total opposite&#039; of Obama and Biden on Iran\">fighting evil forces<\/a>,&rdquo; Pahlavi said. &ldquo;There is a reason why people in Iran are renaming streets after your name. They know that you are totally opposite to Barack Obama or&nbsp;Joe Biden. They know you&rsquo;re not going to throw them under the bus as they have had before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/5683370-iran-threatens-retaliation-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, Iran said that if the U.S. intervenes militarily, it will attack American bases in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In the event of an attack on Iran, both the occupied territory and all American military centers, bases and ships in the region will be our legitimate targets,&rdquo; speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of Iran&rsquo;s Parliament, said. The phrase &ldquo;occupied territory&rdquo; refers to Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action and will act based on any objective signs of a threat,&rdquo; he said as fellow lawmakers chanted, &ldquo;Death to America!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, after weeks to urging Iran not to mow down protesters calling for reforms, Trump said that if Iran started &ldquo;killing people like they have in the past, we would get involved,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-briefed-options-military-strikes-iran-protests-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy Secretary Chis Wright indicated in a Sunday interview that Trump&rsquo;s public support for the protesters has encouraged them, according to CBS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I think the people in Iran are rising up because they feel there&rsquo;s a strong America that has their back,&rdquo; Wright said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, in what is often a prelude to a government crackdown, Iran blacked out the internet to cut the nation off from the outside world, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/01\/08\/iran-protests-us-israel-war-nuclear-economy\/5e5a26f6-ec78-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The protests began about two weeks ago due to economic conditions, but have since spread as a broad but unfocused show of anger at the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump has sent multiple signals that America backs the protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;If Iran [shoots] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-intervention-looming-iranian-protests-turn-deadly-multiple-children-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to  earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are locked and loaded and ready to go,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condo-board-president-warned-of-serious-deteriorating-conditions-ahead-of-miami-building-collapse\/\" title=\"Condo Board President Warned Of Serious, \u2018Deteriorating\u2019 Conditions Ahead Of Miami Building Collapse\">president warned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the protests continued, so did Trump&rsquo;s comments<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There have been cases like this where President Obama totally backed down, but this is something pretty incredible that&rsquo;s happening in Iran. It&rsquo;s an amazing thing to watch,&rdquo; he said<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve done a bad job,&rdquo; Trump said of Iran&rsquo;s leaders. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve treated the people very badly, and now they&rsquo;re being paid back. 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