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US President Donald Trump on Friday thanked Iran\u2019s leadership after saying Tehran had cancelled the planned executions of hundreds of protesters detained during a sweeping crackdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take place yesterday (over 800 of them), have been cancelled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s remarks came amid ongoing protests in Iran, which have been met with a heavy security response by authorities.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, on Wednesday, Trump said killings linked to Iran\u2019s crackdown on nationwide protests appeared to be subsiding and that he believed there was no plan for large-scale executions of protesters.<\/p>\n
Speaking during an Oval Office event, Trump said \u201cvery important sources on the other side" had indicated a slowdown in violence and a shift away from mass executions. However, he did not rule out the possibility of US military intervention, amid rising tensions in the Middle East and repeated warnings from Washington.<\/p>\n
The protests are widely seen as the most serious domestic challenge faced by Iran\u2019s clerical leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with demonstrators demanding the government\u2019s ouster and clashing with security forces across several cities.<\/p>\n
Iranian authorities have said more than 2,000 people have died since the protests erupted on December 28, while rights groups have put the toll at over 3,500. The wave of protests that rocked Iran in recent weeks left thousands dead, according to monitors and rights groups, but discrepencies exist for the toll which according to some estimates could be as high as 20,000.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News the death toll was \u201chundreds", denying the figures reported by the groups abroad as an \u201cexaggeration" and a \u201cmisinformation campaign" to draw US President Donald Trump into making good on a threat to strike Iran if protesters were killed.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNobody convinced me \u2014 I convinced myself," Trump told reporters later Friday as he left the White House to head to Florida for the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey didn\u2019t hang anyone. They cancelled the hangings. That had a big impact."<\/p>\n
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