Afghanistan, Jan. 14 -- Iranian pop icon Googoosh urged U.S. President Donald Trump to take urgent action, warning thousands have died amid escalating unrest in Iran.

Googoosh, the renowned Iranian singer and cultural icon, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to take immediate action to support the people of Iran, warning that thousands have been killed in recent days.

In an open letter sent from Los Angeles on Monday, Googoosh described what she called the dire conditions facing ordinary Iranians and appealed for urgent international support for the country's youth and wider population.

She said decades of hardship had left many Iranians struggling with poverty, power outages, water shortages, and strict social limitations, while basi...