Thousands of people took to the streets in San Francisco Sunday, calling for a regime change in Iran after thousands of protestors have been reportedly killed by the Iranian regime. Demonstrators waved Iran’s flag and chanted for change, saying what’s happening on the streets of Tehran and ot her cities amounts to genocide. Rashel Alexin was born in Iran. Over the past four days, she hasn’t been able to reach her cousins there after Iran’s leader Ayotollah Ali Khamenei eliminated almost all Internet connectivity out of the country. Because they were among the young demonstrators calling for change, she worries they could be among the casualties. “I don’t know, because they’re killing people, so we don’t know what their status is, unfortunately. It’s devastating for us here,” Alexin said. An independent activist group in the United Arab Emirates estimates nearly 4,000 more people have been killed in Iran since Khamanei began a bloody crackdown on protests across the country. But some in this crowd say the loss of life is much higher – in the tens of thousands. “They’re brutally slaughtering tens of thousands of people, not just executions but shooting them in the streets – by regime proxies,” said Bob D., a Bay Area resident. They say young Iranians are being targeted for their calls for democracy and freedom by the regime that’s ruled Iran since 1979. Some of the people in the crowd wearing MAGA hats and many say President Donald Trump should act now. They say the time for diplomacy is over “There’s going to be more bloodshed without President Trump’s action. The same thing happened under Obama. Obama didn’t do anything, and the result is too many casualties,” said Reza Majlesi of San Ramon. “So what are we asking for? Targeted military strikes against the regime and his military assets,” Bob D said. On Tuesday, President Trump called for Iranians to keep protesting, saying “help is on the way.” Meanwhile, Iran’s leader addressed the nation and called Trump a “criminal”, blaming him for thousands of deaths, saying the U.S. president encouraged the protests. But in an interview with Politico this weekend, Trump again stated his call for an end to Khamenei’s nearly four-decade reign. ...read more read less