US President Donald Trump warns Iran against killing protesters who've risen up over the regime's downing of a civilian airliner
Iranians protests against the country's leadership in and around Azadi Square in Iran's capital, Tehran in January, 2020.
"We're willing to sit down and discuss without precondition a new way forward, a series of steps by which Iran becomes a more normal country," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on CBS's "Face the Nation". But hours later, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet shortly after takeoff from Tehran.
"They are reeling from their incompetence in this situation. And the people of Iran are just fed up with it," he said on ABC's "This Week".Trump late Sunday slapped O'Brien down, saying, "Actually, I couldn't care less if they negotiate. Will be totally up to them." Asked if there was specific evidence in the intelligence to support the claim, Esper said, "I didn't see one with regard to four embassies."The administration has come under fire from Democrats -- and at least two Republican senators -- for refusing to share the intelligence with members of Congress.
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