伦敦——根据总部位于美国的人权活动家通讯社(HRANA)公布的数据，经过17天的动荡，伊朗主要反政府抗议活动的死亡人数攀升至2400多人。
随着伤亡人数的增加，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二在社交媒体上写道，“伊朗爱国者，继续抗议——接管你们的机构!!!省下凶手和施虐者的名字。他们会付出很大的代价。”
“我已经取消了与伊朗官员的所有会晤，直到对抗议者的无谓杀戮停止。帮助正在路上，”特朗普补充道。
后来，在周二访问密歇根州期间，当一名记者追问他所说的“帮助正在路上”是什么意思时，特朗普回应说，“你必须弄清楚这一点，对不起。”
特朗普表示，他认为美国人从伊朗撤离“是个好主意”。
特朗普说，到目前为止，他还没有得到抗议活动中死亡人数的准确数字，但他说“一个人已经很多了。”
“我觉得很多。不管是什么，都太多了，”他说。
周二晚些时候，他告诉记者，他将很快收到伊朗有多少抗议者被杀的“准确数字”，“我们将采取相应行动。”
HRANA在周二的最新更新中表示，至少有2403名抗议者被杀，18434人被捕。该组织说，在伊朗所有31个省的187个城市的614个地点都记录了抗议活动。据该组织报道，死者中至少有12名儿童。
HRANA的数据依赖于国内外积极分子的工作。美国广播公司新闻无法独立核实这些数字。在持续的抗议活动中，伊朗政府没有提供任何死亡人数。
与此同时，伊朗官方媒体报道称，超过100名安全部队成员在骚乱中丧生。赫拉纳星期二说，迄今为止，在抗议浪潮中丧生的人中有147名安全人员和“政府支持者”。
特朗普周一宣布对任何与伊朗做生意的国家征收25%的关税，此前他一再警告德黑兰不要使用武力镇压正在进行的抗议活动。
特朗普周一在一篇社交媒体帖子中说:“立即生效，任何与伊朗伊斯兰共和国做生意的国家都将对与美利坚合众国的任何业务征收25%的关税。”。"这个命令是最终的和决定性的."
针对这一声明，中国外交部发言人毛宁表示，作为德黑兰的重要贸易伙伴，北京的立场非常明确，关税战没有赢家。中国将坚定维护自己的合法权益。”
她补充说，中国“支持伊朗维护国家稳定”。“我们一贯反对干涉别国内政，反对在国际关系中使用或威胁使用武力。"
据白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)称，特朗普国家安全团队的成员——包括国务卿马尔科·卢比奥、国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)和中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫(John McCain)——周二上午开会讨论了伊朗问题。她说，特朗普没有参加会议，他也没有计划参加。
副总统JD Vance也在周二下午与国家安全委员会负责人委员会一起领导伊朗战略，一位直接了解会议的消息人士向ABC新闻证实。
一名美国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，正在考虑的有关伊朗的选项包括对关键政权人物或伊朗能源或银行部门实施新的制裁。
莱维特周一向记者暗示，特朗普仍然可以选择军事手段。
她说，总统“总是把他所有的选择都摆在桌面上，空袭将是总司令摆在桌面上的众多选择之一。外交永远是总统的第一选择。”
以“升级”的抗议和加强的安全措施为由，美国国务院也敦促美国人离开伊朗。
美国“虚拟”大使馆德黑兰网站周一发布的一项新的安全警报称:“美国公民应该预计互联网将持续中断，计划替代的通信方式，如果安全的话，考虑从陆路离开伊朗前往亚美尼亚或图尔基耶。”
自12月下旬以来，抗议活动一直在全国蔓延。第一次游行发生在德黑兰市中心，参加者示威反对通货膨胀上升和国家货币里亚尔贬值。
随着抗议的蔓延，一些人采取了更明确的反政府论调。
由最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊领导的德黑兰神权政府采取行动平息抗议，据报道，安全部队使用催泪瓦斯和实弹驱散集会。
全国范围内持续的网络中断已经持续了几天。在线监控组织NetBlocks周二表示，“全国范围的互联网关闭”已经持续了108个小时。
联合国人权事务高级专员沃克·图尔克(Volker Turk)周二在一份声明中表示，数百人被杀，数千人被捕。
土耳其人他说，他对“针对抗议者的暴力升级感到震惊”，并敦促伊朗当局立即停止一切形式的暴力和镇压，恢复互联网和电信的全面接入。
哈梅内伊和伊朗高级官员表示，他们愿意解决抗议者的经济不满，尽管他们认为骚乱是由外国赞助的“暴徒”和“恐怖分子”推动的，这些外国主要是美国和以色列，并得到外国渗透分子的支持。
周一，外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格奇在德黑兰向外国外交官发表讲话时，将抗议浪潮描述为“恐怖主义战争”。
同样在周一，国家电视台播放了在其他主要城市组织的亲政府集会的镜头。
画面显示，人群在德黑兰革命广场挥舞伊朗国旗。国家电视台将德黑兰示威描述为“伊朗反对美国犹太复国主义恐怖主义的起义”
与此同时，国外的持不同政见者敦促伊朗人走上街头推翻政府。
伊朗流亡王储礼萨·巴列维周一呼吁特朗普采取行动支持抗议者。他在美国的基地已经成为伊朗政府的知名批评者。
巴列维在x上写道:“我号召人们走上街头为他们的自由而战，并以绝对的人数压倒安全部队，昨晚他们做到了。你对这个罪恶政权的威胁也让这个政权的暴徒们束手无策。但时间至关重要。”
“请做好干预的准备，帮助伊朗人民，”巴列维补充道。
Iran protests: Trump suggests Americans should leave; over 2,400 killed, group says
LONDON -- The death toll from major anti-government protests in Iran climbed to more than 2,400 after 17 days of unrest, according to data published by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
As the casualties mount, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on social media on Tuesday, "Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price."
"I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY," Trump added.
When later pressed by a reporter during a visit to Michigan on Tuesday on what he meant by help is on its way, Trump responded, "You're gonna have to figure that one out, I'm sorry."
Trump said he thinks "it's a good idea" for Americans to evacuate from Iran.
Trump said he hasn't been given an accurate number of how many people have been killed so far in the protests, but said "one is a lot."
"I think it's a lot. It's too many, whatever it is," he said.
Later Tuesday, he told reporters that he will be receiving "accurate numbers" on how many protesters have been killed in Iran soon and "we'll act accordingly."
At least 2,403 protesters have been killed and 18,434 people arrested, HRANA said in its latest update on Tuesday. The group said protests have been recorded in 614 locations in 187 cities across all 31 Iranian provinces. Among the dead are at least 12 children, the group reported.
The HRANA data relies on the work of activists inside and outside the country. ABC News cannot independently verify these numbers. The Iranian government has not provided any death tolls during the ongoing protests.
Iranian state-aligned media, meanwhile, has reported that more than 100 members of the security forces have been killed in the unrest. HRANA said Tuesday that 147 security personnel and "government supporters" were among those killed in the protest wave to date.
Trump on Monday announced a 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran, after repeatedly warning Tehran against the use of force to suppress the ongoing protests.
"Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America," Trump said in a social media post on Monday. "This Order is final and conclusive."
In response to the announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the position of Beijing -- which is a key trading partner for Tehran -- "is very clear -- there are no winners in a tariff war. China will firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests."
China "supports Iran in maintaining national stability," she added. "We have always opposed interference in other countries' internal affairs and the use or threat of force in international relations."
Members of Trump's national security team -- including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe -- met Tuesday morning to discuss Iran, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Trump did not attend the meeting, nor was he scheduled to, she said.
Vice President JD Vance is also leading an Iran strategy Tuesday afternoon with the National Security Council principals committee, a source with direct knowledge of the meeting confirmed to ABC News.
One U.S. official told ABC News that among the options under consideration regarding Iran are new sanctions against key regime figures or against Iran's energy or banking sectors.
Leavitt suggested to reporters on Monday that military options remain open to Trump.
The president, she said, "is always keeping all of his options on the table and air strikes would be one of the many, many options on the table for the commander in chief. Diplomacy is always the first option for the president."
Citing "escalating" protests and increased security measures, the State Department also urged Americans to leave Iran.
"U.S. citizens should expect continued internet outages, plan alternative means of communication, and, if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Türkiye," a new security alert posted on the U.S. "virtual" Embassy Tehran website on Monday stated.
Protests have been spreading across the country since late December. The first marches took place in downtown Tehran, with participants demonstrating against rising inflation and the falling value of the national currency, the rial.
As the protests spread, some have taken on a more explicitly anti-government tone.
The theocratic government in Tehran -- headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- moved to tame the protests, with security forces reportedly using tear gas and live ammunition to disperse gatherings.
A sustained national internet outage has been in place across the country for several days. Online monitoring group NetBlocks said on Tuesday that the "nationwide internet shutdown" had been ongoing for 108 hours.
The United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement on Tuesday that hundreds of people had been killed and thousands arrested.
Turksaid he was "horrified by the mounting violence against protesters" and urged Iranian authorities to immediately halt all forms of violence and repression, and restore full access to internet and telecommunications.
Khamenei and top Iranian officials have said they are willing to engage with the economic grievances of protesters, though have framed the unrest as driven by "rioters" and "terrorists" sponsored by foreign nations -- prime among them the U.S. and Israel -- and supported by foreign infiltrators.
On Monday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the wave of protests as a "terrorist war" while speaking to foreign diplomats in Tehran.
Also on Monday, state television broadcast footage of pro-government rallies organized in other major cities.
The footage showed crowds waving Iranian flags in Tehran's Revolution Square. State television described the Tehran demonstration as an "Iranian uprising against American-Zionist terrorism."
Dissident figures abroad, meanwhile, have urged Iranians to take to the street and overthrow the government.
Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi -- who from his base in the U.S. has become a prominent critic of the Iranian government -- on Monday appealed to Trump to act in support of the protesters.
"I have called the people to the streets to fight for their freedom and to overwhelm the security forces with sheer numbers," Pahlavi wrote on X. "Last night they did that. Your threat to this criminal regime has also kept the regime's thugs at bay. But time is of the essence."
"Please be prepared to intervene to help the people of Iran," Pahlavi added.
