Evening Edition: Hundreds Dead In Iranian Protests, How Will President Trump Act?

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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President Donald Trump said over the weekend that Iran is "starting to" cross U.S. red lines, with reports of civilian deaths and Tehran cutting off all internet access to the country. The Associated Press has reported over 500 hundred protesters have been killed and thousands of others jailed, with those numbers expected to rise drastically. President Trump has said that the U.S. Military has many 'very strong options' to respond if the Iranian government does not stop using violence against unarmed protests. FOX’s Eben Brown speaks with Daniel Flesch, Senior Policy Analyst for Middle East and North Africa at The Heritage Foundation, who says Iran's leadership is at their weakest point in decades, and the next move by the White House could be key to how things proceed. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Madison Allworth.
0:01.3	I'm Juan Williams.
0:02.1	I'm Liz Clayman, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.0	Monday, January 12th, 2026.
0:12.5	I'm Eben Brown.
0:13.7	Protests in Iran are turning deadly, with hundreds reportedly massacred by the Islamic regime.
0:20.5	When does President Trump decide to step in like he said he would?
0:25.0	It begins with the president. What is he going to do?
0:27.6	The regime is watching carefully on this.
0:29.4	They've made some threats.
0:30.5	They've also made some overtures to the administration to try to ratchet down the pressure
0:35.2	and the rhetoric coming from the president because they know that he will act at the end of the day if he chooses to do so.
0:39.9	This is the Fox News Rundown Evening Edition.
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