(R) President Donald Trump takes questions on January 11, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (Background) Anti-Iranian regime protester burns a photo depicting Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, during a gathering on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump encourages Iranians to ‘take over’ their country’s institutions, cancels all diplomatic talks with Iranian leadership amid deadly unrest

President Donald Trump has called on the citizens of Iran to “take over” their country’s institutions following two weeks of deadly unrest. Declaring that he has canceled all further meetings with Iranian leadership until the “senseless killing” ends, Trump also confirmed that “help is on its way.”

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