Trump’s Controversial Revelation: “Over 32,000 People Have Been Killed and We Know Who the Perpetrators Are”

Trump says the perpetrators of the massacre of over 32,000 Iranian citizens have been identified; people who, according to him, have shot at protesters in the streets and should be tried.

Donald Trump, President of the United States, once again accused the Islamic Republic government of brutal suppression of the Iranian people in controversial remarks, stating that the forces shooting at protesters have been identified and their information is in the possession of the United States.

Trump, in a media interview with “Brian Kilmeade,” host of a program on Fox News, referring to the suppression of protests in Iran, said that the forces who, according to him, are shooting at people in the streets have been monitored by intelligence agencies.

Speaking harshly about these forces, he said: “These are thugs who walk around in the streets and shoot people.” Trump added that the United States has images and videos of these individuals and knows who they are.

According to him, these individuals should put down their weapons and be held accountable for their actions. Trump also claimed that forces affiliated with the Iranian government have committed widespread massacres even before the recent conflicts and crises.

He stated in this regard that these forces have so far killed over 32,000 people and emphasized that if arrested, they will be tried and executed.

Trump’s remarks come at a time when the Islamic Republic has been repeatedly accused over the past decades of brutally suppressing popular protests. From student and popular protests in previous years to newer waves of discontent, multiple reports have been released documenting direct shooting at protesters, widespread arrests, and violent confrontations.

Reports from human rights organizations also show that many victims of these suppressions have been citizens who only came to the streets to express their protest. However, in many cases, not only have the perpetrators of this violence not been prosecuted, but the power structure in Iran has supported them.

Critics of the Islamic Republic say that the problem is not limited to the conduct of a few officials or armed forces, but rather stems from a structure that has turned suppression into a tool for maintaining power. In such a system, security and paramilitary forces are effectively immune, and families of victims often have no way to seek justice.

This is while many families of the deceased have been demanding for years that the truth be revealed and the perpetrators of their loved ones’ deaths be tried; a demand that, according to human rights activists, has so far been met with silence or suppression by the government.

Trump’s remarks about “identifying the perpetrators of the massacre” have once again brought the issue of accountability and justice for victims of suppression in Iran to the center of attention. For many Iranians, the fundamental question remains: Will there ever come a day when those who opened fire on their own people face justice?

While the Islamic Republic government continues to deny any responsibility for the killing of protesters, international pressure and the narratives of survivors of these suppressions present a different picture; a picture of a government that has repeatedly silenced the voice of its own people with bullets to maintain power.