Trump Tells Iran Protestors “HELP IS ON ITS WAY”
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today President Trump has urged Iranians to keep protesting, saying that “help is on its way.”
News agencies and BBC journalists are reporting that the death toll after anti-government protests is now in its thousands, as the state-imposed internet blackout continues.
But what does President Trump mean and what’s next for Iran? Adam is joined by BBC World and BBC Persian senior reporter, Siavash Ardalan and BBC News Chief Presenter, Caitríona Perry.
Plus, Caitríona and Adam also look ahead to tomorrow’s meeting between Denmark, Greenland and the US as Greenland’s Prime Minister says the island is not for sale.
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| 0:05.8 | Hello, it's another one of those examples where two of my personal passions have combined. |
| 0:10.8 | Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, has posted a picture of him receiving some Lego |
| 0:15.8 | from the Danish ambassador to Canada. |
| 0:18.6 | And the phrase, solidarity with Denmark, appears in the post. So he is |
| 0:22.6 | clearly saying his support for Greenland remaining a part of the kingdom of Denmark through the |
| 0:27.8 | medium of Lego on social media. So combining my passion for Danish building toys and my passion |
| 0:34.0 | for geopolitics. I've done some checking and it is Lego set, City 60422, Seaside Harbor with cargo ship, |
| 0:43.0 | which is actually a retired product, but is available on some websites for about 100 quid. |
| 0:48.6 | Yeah, it's true what they say about the price of Lego these days. |
| 0:51.3 | Anyway, we'll get an update on a bit of Greenland towards the end of this episode of Newscast, but we're going to focus on Iran. What's happening with the protests, the counter-protest, and also trying to work out in Washington, D.C., what Donald Trump's going to do about it on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tattle tail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. |
| 1:28.5 | Hi, it's Katrina in the Washington Newscast Studio. And here with me is Siavash Ardalen, who's a senior reporter for BBC World and BBC Persian. Hello. Hello, glad to be here. Right, lots to discuss. And we're going to focus this whole episode on what's happening in Iran. and then Katrina, you can do a little taster of what's been happening in Greenland today as well. |
| 1:47.1 | But see of Ash, before we dig episode on what's happening in Iran. And then, Katrina, you can do a little taster of what's |
| 1:45.0 | been happening in Greenland today as well. But Siavash, before we dig into the news, how do we at the |
| 1:50.3 | BBC actually get the news from Iran? Bearing in mind, it's the country we're not really allowed to report |
| 1:55.8 | from and the internet's been turned on and off a few times. That's been an issue for the past four days. |
| 2:02.1 | We've had a complete internet blackout. |
| 2:04.7 | What we are getting are very few snippets of information |
| 2:08.0 | coming out in the form of SMS messages |
| 2:10.6 | from people who have Starlink receptors, |
| 2:12.9 | even though now they're cracking on those receptors as well. |
| 2:17.2 | And also just a few videos, maybe a handful of |
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