"The clerical establishment has cracked down hard on one of the biggest challenges to its rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 2,500 people have been reported killed in the unrest that spiralled out of protests over soaring prices. People that Reuters have reached inside the country said the protests appear to have abated since Monday. Information flows have been hampered by an internet blackout for a week."
"The death toll has dwarfed that of previous bouts of unrest crushed by the Iranian authorities, such as the 2022 "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests and unrest sparked by a disputed election in 2009. Trump, speaking at the White House, said he has been told that killings in the crackdown were subsiding. Asked who told him that the killings had stopped, Trump described them as "very important sources on the other side.""
"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday "there is no plan" by Iran to hang people, when asked about the protests. "There is no plan for hanging at all," he told Fox News in an interview on the "Special Report with Bret Baier" show. "Hanging is out of the question," he said."
The clerical establishment cracked down hard on one of the biggest challenges to its rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 2,500 people have been reported killed in unrest that spiralled out of protests over soaring prices. Protests appeared to have abated since Monday, with information flows hampered by an internet blackout for a week. The death toll dwarfed previous bouts of unrest in 2022 and 2009. Reports indicated killings were subsiding and that potential U.S. military action was not ruled out. A denial asserted there was no plan for hangings and that hanging was out of the question. Iranian state media reported no death sentence against a 26-year-old man, and comments noted the last Shah's son may lack widespread support to lead despite being described as "nice".
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