"Driving the news: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the White House national security team held a meeting on Tuesday morning on options for responding to the protests. President Trump did not attend. The protests continued on Tuesday in cities across in Iran. Estimates of the death toll have risen dramatically but also vary widely. Israel shared an assessment with the U.S. that at least 5,000 protesters had been killed, according to a U.S. official. "The Iranians are conducting massive repression," the U.S. official said."
"Trump called on the Iranian people on Tuesday to "keep protesting" and "take over" government institutions and stressed "help is on its way" Zoom in: Pahlavi, the son of Shah who was deposed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, leads an opposition faction from exile in the U.S. Over the last two weeks, Pahlavi has been appearing on U.S. television networks calling on the Trump administration to intervene in support of the protests."
"But a senior U.S. official said the administration was surprised by that during many of the demonstrations the protesters chanted Pahlavi's name. "There has been an ascendance of Pahlavi. They are chanting his name in demonstrations in many cities and it seems to be happening organically," the U.S. official said. Between the lines: Karim Sadjadpour a senior analyst at the Carnegie Endowment, told Axios that Pahlavi provides a unifying focus for nationalist sentiment among the protesters, in contrast to the Islamist radicalism of the regime."
White House national security officials met Tuesday morning to consider options for responding to widespread protests in Iran; President Trump did not attend. Protests continued across Iranian cities with rising and widely varying estimates of fatalities, and Israel shared an assessment that at least 5,000 protesters had been killed. U.S. officials described massive repression. President Trump urged Iranians to "keep protesting," "take over" government institutions, and said "help is on its way." Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed shah, has been vocal from exile and has gained unexpected organic support among demonstrators, offering a unifying nationalist focal point.
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