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Tensions between the US and Iran have appeared to ease as Donald Trump adopted a more measured tone towards Tehran and suggested a pause in his decision on threatened US military action.
As you can read in our fresh full report, Trump had spoken repeatedly in recent days about coming to the aid of the Iranian people over the ruling regime’s crackdown on protests that a human rights group says has now killed at least 3,428 people and led to the arrest of more than 10,000.
I don’t want Iran to be indentured to any foreign nation the moment anybody interferes. But if it means saving one life for it, we want a measured response that we can have this bloodshed ended.
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