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President Trump asserted Wednesday that Iran has stopped killing anti-government protesters — making the stunning claim amid fevered speculation about a possible US military strike.
“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping. It’s stopped. It’s stopping, and there’s no plan for executions,” Trump said. Getty Images“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping. It’s stopped. It’s stopping, and there’s no plan for executions,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
Here is the latest on the civil unrest in Iran
- Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500
- Ayatollah’s power may collapse in less than a week as Iran’s street protests expand
- Trump issues ominous warning against Iran if regime hangs protesters
- Iran now slaughtering civilians — not just protesters — as death toll surges into the thousands
“So I’ve been told that a good authority — will find out about it… but that’s just gotten to me from information that the killing has stopped, that the executions have stopped.”
Trump’s proclamation implies that there’s less pressure for American action to protect protesters — however, his prior military strike on Iran’s nuclear program last June featured elaborate public deceptions that gave similar indications that US action was not imminent.
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