‘No negotiations, America attacking is the only hope’: Iranian man’s plea to Trump before suicide

An Iranian man recorded a final video message in English urging US President Donald Trump to abandon any potential deal with Iran’s leadership before he allegedly died by suicide.The man has been identified as Pouria Hamidi from Bushehr, a port city in southern Iran, news outlet Iran International reported.

Hamidi’s video, which runs for around 10 minutes, was described as an attempt to draw global attention to what he called a brutal government crackdown on protesters.“If you’re watching this, then I’m not around anymore,” Hamidi said at the start of the recording.

He claimed he was speaking out on behalf of those killed during recent unrest in Iran and alleged that the scale of violence had been largely ignored by the international community.“More than 40,000 people died, killed, massacred. More than Russia and Ukraine war and more than Israel and Palestine,” he said in the video.Hamidi directly appealed to the US administration, urging Washington to halt any negotiations with Tehran’s ruling establishment.Addressing American leaders, he warned that any diplomatic agreement would “betray all those people who died.”“Trump told us to keep protesting, and we did. We trusted him,” Hamidi said.Hamidi expressed support for exiled opposition figure Prince Reza Pahlavi and argued that Iranians were unable to confront the regime on their own.“America attacking Iran is the only hope we have right now,” he said. “We can’t fight this regime alone. Our people need foreign intervention.”The appeal comes at a time when the United States has been exploring renewed engagement with Tehran. Although Trump had earlier threatened to take action over Iran’s handling of protests, Washington has since shown little indication that human rights concerns will play a major role in any fresh talks.Iranian authorities have provided their own figures on the unrest, acknowledging that 3,117 people were killed. The government has published a list of 2,986 names, claiming most of the dead were security personnel or civilians caught in the violence.The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency says it has verified 6,964 deaths, primarily protesters, and is investigating another 11,730 suspected cases.The organisation has also documented more than 51,000 arrests in connection with the demonstrations.