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Supporters of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party break a police barricade as they march in a protest over the alleged rape of a student at the South Calcutta Law College campus on Wednesday, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A model wears a creation part of the men's Comme des Garcons Homme Plus Spring-Summer 2026 collection, that was presented in Paris Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Charli xcx performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A reveler takes part in a Pride parade marking the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in Panama City, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Roosters fight as Afghan men watch at an illegal cockfighting venue in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Monks play badminton in front of a monastery at Kagbeni, Mustang region, 462 kilometers (288 miles) west of Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

South Korean singer PSY performs during his concert "Summer Swag 2025" at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Teams using autonomous T1 robots from Booster Robotics compete in the inaugural RoBoLeague robot soccer competition held in Beijing, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Bubbles form on a puddle during rainfall in central St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz (3) scores on a wild pitch past a tag by Colorado Rockies' Victor Vodnik, left, during the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Bayern Munich's Leon Goretzka, top, heads a ball next to Flamengo's goalkeeper Agustin Rossi during the Club World Cup round of 16 soccer match between CR Flamengo and Bayern Munich in Miami Gardens, Fla., Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Jake Pogrebinsky smokes a cigarette while diving his boat on the Yukon River looking for logs to collect, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Galena, Alaska. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The sun sets behind the city center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Katie Boulter of Britain celebrates after beating Paula Badosa of Spain during their first round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Actor Eddie Redmayne, rear, and Sir David Beckham sit in the Royal Box on Centre Court on day one at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, left, greets Fabio Fognini of Italy at the net after winning their first round men's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2025, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Wildland firefighters with the United States Forest Service prepare at a staging area near the scene the day after a shooter ambushed and killed multiple firefighters responding to a wildfire at Canfield Mountain Monday, June 30, 2025, in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A man carries a child, who was wounded in an Israeli strike, after being treated in the Shifa Hospital, Gaza City, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Demonstrators carry cardboard caskets in front of the U.S. Capitol in protest of President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, Monday, June 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move coming as activists said Monday the death toll in the nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 544.

Iran had no immediate reaction to the news, which came after the foreign minister of Oman — long an interlocutor between Washington and Tehran — traveled to Iran this weekend. It also remains unclear just what Iran could promise, particularly as Trump has set strict demands over its nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal, which Tehran insists is crucial for its national defense.

Meanwhile Monday, Iran called for pro-government demonstrators to head to the streets in support of the theocracy, a show of force after days of protests directly challenging the rule of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state television aired chants from the crowd, who shouted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”

Trump and his national security team have been weighing a range of potential responses against Iran including cyberattacks and direct strikes by the U.S. or Israel, according to two people familiar with internal White House discussions who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday night. Asked about Iran’s threats of retaliation, he said: “If they do that, we will hit them at levels that they’ve never been hit before.”

Trump said that his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran, but cautioned that he may have to act first as reports of the death toll in Iran mount and the government continues to arrest protesters.

“I think they’re tired of being beat up by the United States,” Trump said. “Iran wants to negotiate.”

He added: “The meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting. But a meeting is being set up. Iran called, they want to negotiate.”

Iran through country's parliamentary speaker warned Sunday that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

More than 10,600 people also have been detained over the two weeks of protests, said the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which has been accurate in previous unrest in recent years and gave the death toll. It relies on supporters in Iran crosschecking information. It said 496 of the dead were protesters and 48 were with security forces.

With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult. The Associated Press has been unable to independently assess the toll. Iran’s government has not offered overall casualty figures.

Those abroad fear the information blackout is emboldening hard-liners within Iran’s security services to launch a bloody crackdown. Protesters flooded the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city on Saturday night into Sunday morning. Online videos purported to show more demonstrations Sunday night into Monday, with a Tehran official acknowledging them in state media.

In Tehran, a witness told the AP that the streets of the capital empty at the sunset call to prayers each night. By the Isha, or nighttime prayer, the streets are deserted.

Part of that stems from the fear of getting caught in the crackdown. Police sent the public a text message that warned: “Given the presence of terrorist groups and armed individuals in some gatherings last night and their plans to cause death, and the firm decision to not tolerate any appeasement and to deal decisively with the rioters, families are strongly advised to take care of their youth and teenagers.”

Another text, which claimed to come from the intelligence arm of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, also directly warned people not to take part in demonstrations.

“Dear parents, in view of the enemy’s plan to increase the level of naked violence and the decision to kill people, ... refrain from being on the streets and gathering in places involved in violence, and inform your children about the consequences of cooperating with terrorist mercenaries, which is an example of treason against the country,” the text warned.

The witness spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing crackdown.

The demonstrations began Dec. 28 over the collapse of the Iranian rial currency, which trades at over 1.4 million to $1, as the country’s economy is squeezed by international sanctions in part levied over its nuclear program. The protests intensified and grew into calls directly challenging Iran’s theocracy.

Nikhinson reported from aboard Air Force One.

In this frame grab from video obtained by the AP outside Iran, a masked demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi during a protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, January. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran shows protesters taking to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(UGC via AP)

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran showed protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)