{"id":228908,"date":"2026-04-12T19:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:44:07","slug":"iranian-americans-in-florida-protest-against-ceasefire-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228908\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian-Americans in Florida protest against ceasefire with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Dozens of Iranian-Americans gathered Saturday in downtown Tampa to protest ongoing U.S. ceasefire negotiations with Iran.<\/p>\n

The group voiced strong opposition to the diplomatic talks<\/a>, arguing the negotiations \u201clegitimize\u201d what they described as a \u201ctyrannical\u201d and \u201coppressive\u201d regime, according to 10 Tampa Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the organizers accused Iran\u2019s government of committing severe human rights abuses, including allegations of sexual abuse and the execution of teenage girls.<\/p>\n

The rally also drew supporters of President Trump\u2019s approach toward Iran, with participants agreeing with a more rigid stance on the country\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

See also: GALLERY: President Trump takes the spotlight at UFC 327 in Miami<\/a><\/p>\n

Several protesters said their personal connection to Iran motivated their participation. Many told Tampa Bay 10 they have family still living in the country and feel a responsibility to speak out on their behalf.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators said their goal was to bring attention to conditions inside Iran and to ensure their voices are heard as international negotiations continue.<\/p>\n

The protest comes as the U.S. continues diplomatic discussions<\/a> aimed at de-escalating tensions in the broader Middle East region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Dozens of Iranian-Americans gathered Saturday in downtown Tampa to protest ongoing U.S. ceasefire negotiations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-228908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}