Is Trump Planning A Strike On Iran? White House Receives List Of 50 Iranian Military Targets As Death Toll Hits 2,571
The death toll has risen to at least 2,571 amid rising tensions and ongoing protests across Iran, making it one of the deadliest crackdowns in Iran’s history. Authorities also arrested more than 16,780 protesters. Among them is Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old protester from Fardis near Tehran, who has been sentenced to death and will reportedly be executed by hanging on January 14.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, called on the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council to condemn the US for inciting violence and threatening to use force against his country.
Tehran accuses Trump of fueling unrest
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In his letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Somalia’s UN Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who holds the rotating Security Council presidency for January, Iravani accused US President Donald Trump of openly inciting violence in Iran, citing Trump’s posts on the social media platform Truth Social: “Iranian patriots, continue to protest – take over your institutions!!! … Help is coming.”
Trump Administration Receives Iran’s Target List
In a striking development, the Trump administration was presented with a complex target list of high-value military targets as the President planned an attack on Iran.
United Against Nuclear Iran, a Washington-based nonprofit group, compiled a dossier of 50 targets and delivered it to White House officials early Monday ahead of critical security meetings, the Daily Mail reported.
The document reveals the exact coordinates of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Tharallah Headquarters, the nerve center of the brutal crackdown on protesters. This headquarters effectively serves as the military’s command center and maintains operational control over police forces conducting deadly crackdown operations across the country.
The target list includes four important sub-headquarters that oversee different areas of the capital:
– Jerusalem Sub-Headquarters, which oversees repression operations in Northern and Northwest Tehran
– Fath Sub-HQ in the Southwest
– Nasr Sub-Headquarters in the Northeast
– Ghadr Sub-Headquarters controlling Southeast and Central Tehran
Trump warns Iran about execution news
This development comes after Trump issued a stern warning to Iranian officials over reports of protesters being hanged amid ongoing unrest. In an interview with CBS News, Trump said, “If they do something like this, we will take very strong action,” signaling that Washington is ready for military intervention if mass executions continue.
With the White House now in possession of a detailed target dossier, Israel on high alert and Trump promising “help is on the way,” the stage is being set for a potential US military strike that could reshape the Middle East and possibly trigger the collapse of Khamenei’s 47-year-old Islamic regime.
Iran Protest
The Iranian protests, which began due to the economic crisis, turned into anti-regime protests, with demonstrators chanting anti-Khamenei slogans such as “Death to Khamenei” and “Death to the Dictator” amid rising inflation and shortages. What began as demands for economic aid quickly turned into outright rejection of religious rule, with crowds in Tehran and Mashhad burning photos of Khamenei, some lighting cigarettes with fire, and voicing their support for Reza Pahlavi with cries of “Pahlavi will return.” Women played a pivotal role, leading the movement through a bold public defiance, removing their headscarves, chanting from rooftops and facing repression on the front lines.
