Donald Trump said he had received assurances that Iran had “stopped” killing protesters, delivering a more measured tone towards Tehran even as he did not rule out US military action.
The president’s comments came on Wednesday after the US began evacuating some personnel from its largest military base in the region, as the possibility of a US strike on Iran raised fears across the Middle East of a wider conflict.
“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and it’s stopped. It’s stopping, and there’s no plan for executions, or an execution,” Trump said in the Oval Office, referring to plans for the Iranian regime to begin executing arrested protesters. He did not specify the source of his information.
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