Trump cites Iran protest deaths, rejects nuclear bomb

President Donald Trump has again claimed Iran has killed tens of thousands of protesters, stating on Truth Social that the country has killed at least 42,000 innocent, unarmed protesters in the last two months. He also declared it is absolutely unacceptable for Iran to possess a nuclear bomb. The statement continues his pattern of combining allegations of internal Iranian repression with warnings over its nuclear ambitions. The claim about protest deaths is unverified and far exceeds any publicly available estimates from human rights groups.