KABUL (Pajhwok) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced Iran's crackdown on anti-government protesters, as rights groups said the death toll had soared.
Protests erupted in Iran on Nov. 15 after an announcement that petrol prices were going up by as much as 200 percent with immediate effect.
"Iran is killing perhaps thousands and thousands of people right now as we speak," Trump told reporters in London ahead of a NATO summit.
"That's why they cut off the internet . . .
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