Former official targeted by Trump says the president is trying to silence critics

I will fight to do that, as everyone should be with their families. That's why I'm standing up against this administration: to remain with my family, but also to give other children a chance to be with theirs.— Mahmoud Khalil discusses his commitment to fighting for family unity and standing against the administration's actions.

Any country in the region or elsewhere that is used by American forces to strike Iran will be considered a legitimate target for our armed forces.

— Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a message carried by the official IRNA news agency.

It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???— Donald Trump posted on social media after ordering a surprise attack on three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be 'mindbogglingly' HISTORIC, and very good for our Country.— Donald Trump discussing the potential deal with Harvard University.

It is a dark day for the truth.

— Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commented on the mass layoffs at Voice of America.

Suicide prevention is about people, not politics. The administration's decision to remove a bipartisan, evidence-based service that has effectively supported a high-risk group of young people through their darkest moments is incomprehensible.— Jaymes Black, CEO of the Trevor Project, regarding the Trump administration's decision.

This policy makes a censor of every consular officer, and it will inevitably chill legitimate political speech both inside and outside the United States.

— Jameel Jaffer, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, discussing the new policy from the State Department.