Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

In Iran, a promise Trump can't wing

The Iranian people need real help , not a stunt.

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Elise Labott
Jan 14, 2026
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The images coming out of Iran, despite an internet blackout designed to keep the world blind, suggest something chilling and historic: a country in open revolt, and a regime answering with bullets, prisons, and silence.

As many as roughly 2,500 people are estimated to have been killed. Thousands have been arrested. Families are searching for the missing.…

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