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Dozens reported dead in Iran protests, despite Trump warnings to Tehran · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: The US capture of Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela has sparked
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  Speaker 1: renewed interest in the future of another nation, Iran. Today,
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  Speaker 1: rights groups there said dozens have been killed and more
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  Speaker 1: than a thousand others detained in protests over at least
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  Speaker 1: the past week. President Trump has worn the US's quote
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  Speaker 1: locked and loaded his words in the event that Tehran
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  Speaker 1: violently kills peaceful demonstrators. Arsi Elinajard joins US now to
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  Speaker 1: discuss She is an Iranian women's rights activist and journalist
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  Speaker 1: who was previously targeted by Tehran over your activism. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: to you, Good to have you with us. What is
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  Speaker 1: your reaction to these growing protests? And for viewers who
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  Speaker 1: may not have been following this closely, what does it represent?
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  Speaker 2: What does it mean after ten days people took back
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  Speaker 2: to the streets Right now that I'm talking to you.
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  Speaker 2: It has started from protesting against the collapse of Iranian currency,
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  Speaker 2: but immediately went beyond that became a political uprising against
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  Speaker 2: the entire regime. You know what, The people of your
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  Speaker 2: arn made it clear that they are no longer looking
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  Speaker 2: for reform. They want an end for Islamic Republic and
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  Speaker 2: the response, the Iranian regime opened fire, unarmed people got killed.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, at least twenty people have been killed, including
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  Speaker 2: four children. My heart is broken watching the videos that
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  Speaker 2: the regime stormed into hospital, used tear jazz, arrested injured
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  Speaker 2: protesters and using violence against them. But there is still
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  Speaker 2: chanting death to dictator, and they want to have a
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  Speaker 2: secular democracy and they're not giving up their fight.
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  Speaker 1: So what do they make of the remarks from President
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  Speaker 1: Trump that said he would intervene if the regime violently
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  Speaker 1: cracked down on protests, which we've seen happen, but this
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  Speaker 1: was before the capture of Nicholas Maduro. What do Iranians
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  Speaker 1: expect from President Trump?
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  Speaker 2: President Trump made it very clear that when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to peace, endless wars or the wards are not his strategy,
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  Speaker 2: and that is why the people of Iran took that serious.
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  Speaker 2: They really believe that President Trump is going to take actions,
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  Speaker 2: and that's why the regime in Iran were angry. So immediately,
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  Speaker 2: Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic reacted to what President
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  Speaker 2: Trump said. He said that we're not giving up to
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  Speaker 2: our enemy. But at the same time, people reacted differently.
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  Speaker 1: And let me just mention MASSI because we're looking at
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  Speaker 1: President Trump speaking at this moment to House Republicans at
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  Speaker 1: the Kennedy Center as they meet to strategize on their
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  Speaker 1: policies for this year. So that's what I view is
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  Speaker 1: our seeing. But what you're saying is the running people
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  Speaker 1: believed what presidents.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and they welcomed. They welcomed. They want to see action,
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  Speaker 2: real action. Look, when Maduro was arrested, it gave hope
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  Speaker 2: to millions of people in Iran. This is something that
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  Speaker 2: international law should have done before they didn't. So that's
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  Speaker 2: why people in Iran right now they believe that this
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  Speaker 2: is the time and the history will judge. Otherwise the
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  Speaker 2: regime will get involvean and kill more and more innocent
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  Speaker 2: and unarmed people.
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  Speaker 1: On that point, I think back to two thousand and nine,
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian revolution, driven by young people, sparked by the
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  Speaker 1: death of one young woman who kind of became a
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  Speaker 1: symbol for that. They dall but then we saw that
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  Speaker 1: those hopes and dreams get pulled back and the regime
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  Speaker 1: cracked down.
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  Speaker 2: Guess why, because at the same time people were in
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  Speaker 2: the street, they were chanting Obama, you either with us
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  Speaker 2: or with the people. Of Iran and Obama was the
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  Speaker 2: president of the United States, ignored the people of Iran
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  Speaker 2: who actually sent sick letter to the Supreme leda Ali
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  Speaker 2: Comedy to get a nuclear deal, and later he made
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  Speaker 2: clear that it was a big mistake. But at the
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  Speaker 2: same time, President Biden used the same strategy, handing out
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  Speaker 2: billions of dollars to the same regime. While in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, after the murder of Masogino Amini in the
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  Speaker 2: hand of moral Depli, people took to the street who
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  Speaker 2: were saying that President Biden were saying that I stand
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  Speaker 2: with the people of Iran. People say enough of having
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  Speaker 2: empty worlds. Sit down. We don't need any leaders of
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  Speaker 2: freely war to stand with us. We want them to
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  Speaker 2: sit down and make concrete decision take action against the
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  Speaker 2: barbaric regime. Maduro was not alone. The Islamic Republic was
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  Speaker 2: the one invaded Venezuela. They provided weapons, Hisibolaz is there.
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  Speaker 2: Technology was sent there. So basically Maduro and Comedy allies
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  Speaker 2: helping each other, supporting each other. The same time, we
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  Speaker 2: should see that democratic country is working together, collaborating together
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  Speaker 2: and helping the people of Iran to end this regime otherwise.
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  Speaker 2: Believe me, the Islamic Republic is like a cancer. It
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  Speaker 2: will infect the rest of the world. They will come
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  Speaker 2: after us citizens here. I'm at the target of the
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  Speaker 2: Iranian regime.
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  Speaker 1: Here on us soil. Well Massi Elinijah, your passion is
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  Speaker 1: evident and we know that your activism knows no bounds.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate you sharing your insight with us and invite
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  Speaker 1: you to join us back and.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate that. Thank you so much for giving voice
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  Speaker 2: to millions of voiceless people inside ira.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you for being here.