Iran Protests Live Updates: Trump has said he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action
Iran Protests Live Updates: Iran has reopened its airspace after shutting it down for all flights as violent protests continue for the third week. Several countries, including India and the US, had issued travel advisories for their citizens in Iran, asking them to leave the country at the earliest.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action.
Amid all this, a rights group in Iran has said that at least 3,428 people have died as the Islamic Regime tries to quell the protests. In a surprise announcement at the White House, Trump said he had now received assurances from “very important sources on the other side” that Tehran had now stopped, and that executions would not go ahead.
“They’ve said the killing has stopped and the executions won’t take place – there were supposed to be a lot of executions today and that the executions won’t take place – and we’re going to find out,” Trump said.
At the same time, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that there will “no hanging today or tomorrow.” “I can tell you, I’m confident that there is no plan for hanging,” Araghchi said, also accusing Israel of orchestrating violence, without providing evidence.
But Araghchi said the Iranian government was “in full control” and reported an atmosphere of “calm” after what he called three days of “terrorist operation.”
Iran also struck a defiant tone about responding to any US attack, as Washington appeared to draw down staff at a base in Qatar that Tehran targeted in a strike last year.