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Live updates: More than 2,400 protesters killed in Iran as Trump warns against executions
• President Donald Trump said this afternoon that Iran has “no plan for executions,†amid fears for the fate of a detained anti-government protester. “The killing has stopped. The executions have stopped,†he said during a bill signing in the Oval Office.
• Earlier, some US personnel were urged to leave a US military base in Qatar as a “precaution,†sources told CNN. Trump in recent days had expressed support for the protesters and vowed that “help is on its way,â€
• At least 2,400 demonstrators have been killed since the start of Iran’s brutal crackdown last month, according to a US-based rights group, and an internet blackout is still in place. The atmosphere in Tehran is “extremely heavy and tense,†one resident told CNN.
Trump says "killing in Iran is stopping," with "no plan for executions"
Washington — President Trump said Wednesday he's heard on "good authority" that the "killing in Iran is stopping," as thousands are feared dead amid anti-government protests.
He also said there's "no plan for executions," a day after he told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil on Tuesday there would be "very strong actions" against the Iranian regime if it hangs accused anti-government protesters. CBS News reported the crackdown to calm the unrest may have killed at least 12,000 people, and possibly as many as 20,000, two sources said.
"We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped, it's stopping," he told reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon. "And there's no plan for executions or an execution or executions. So, I've been told that on good authority. We'll find out about it."
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Trump told Iran has halted killings amid mounting protest pressure
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President Donald Trump announced Jan. 14, 2025, that the bloodshed in Iran has ended amid citizen protests.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Office that he learned the killing in Iran has ended.
"We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and it's stopped and stopping, and there's no plan for executions or an execution," Trump said. "So I've been told that on good authority. We'll find out about."
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