U.S President Donald Trump says he has been told that
killings in Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests are subsiding and
that there is currently no plan for large‑scale executions of protesters offering
a cautious note amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran; speaking
from the Oval Office Trump said “very
important sources on the other side” reported
the reduction in violence though he did not rule out possible U.S. military
intervention and said his administration will “watch
what the process is” as the situation unfolds even as analysts and diplomats
warn that a U.S. strike could backfire by strengthening the Iranian
government’s grip intensifying repression or triggering retaliatory missile
attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East. Experts also caution that military
action might destabilize Iran further possibly accelerating chaos and
insurgencies and could leave critical Iranian nuclear and missile assets
unsecured while several U.S. intelligence assessments still judge that Tehran’s
regime is not close to collapse; alongside Trump’s comments Iran’s foreign
minister reiterated that there are no plans for executions and Gulf Arab
governments have expressed concern about the potential for U.S. strikes urging
restraint as fears of a broader regional confrontation persist.
