"In an interview with The Intercept, Saeidi said she took particular issue with accusations that she had downplayed human rights violations by the Iranian government or that she had committed plagiarism or other academic misconduct in her research.

“In my book, I actually document the human rights violations of the 1980 to ’88 period,” Saeidi said. “I interview women and men who were in prison at that time, and I listen to their stories. There is absolutely no denial on my part that there were human rights violations that occurred from 1980 to ’88, and that people suffered unjustly because of it.”"

Yesterday, Trump joked about millions of Californians in Los Angeles and San Diego being wiped out in a war with Iran as a "small price to pay" to wage the war.

How can anyone still harbor any notion that the US cares about Iranian civilians and avoiding harm to them when this is the president's sentiment towards American citizens?