Iran notified the U.S. on Wednesday that it won’t execute protesters after sparking international outrage by threatening to kill a 26-year-old protester who had been sentenced to death.
“The Killing in Iran is stopping,” President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, where he was signing legislation to expand milk options in schools.
“It’s stopped. It’s stopping and there’s a plan for executions, or an execution,” he said. “So I’ve been told [on] good authority. I’m sure if it happens, we will all be very upset.”
“They’re not going to have an execution, which a lot of people were talking about for the last couple of days. Today was going to be the day of execution,” Mr. Trump said.
Iran was expected to execute 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, whom Tehran said was the first person to participate in nationwide protests, according to human rights groups.
Mr. Trump had warned that the U.S. would take “very strong action” against Iran if it moved forward with the executions.
