06.01.2018 - 09:34 [ newsweek.com ]

Where is Rex Tillerson? As Iran Protests Rage, Secretary of State Conspicuous By His Absence

President Donald Trump called for “change” in Iran on Twitter, as protesters furious over economic conditions in the Islamic regime marched in the streets on New Year’s Day.

When more than 20 protestors were reported to have been killed by Iranian authorities Wednesday, Trump said in another tweet the protest movement would get support from the U.S. “at the appropriate time!”

Yet Trump’s top diplomat Rex Tillerson was conspicuously silent on the protests….