President Trump asserted Wednesday that Iran has stopped killing anti-government protesters — making the stunning claim amid fevered speculation about a possible US military strike.
“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping. It’s stopped. It’s stopping, and there’s no plan for executions,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
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“So I’ve been told that a good authority — will find out about it… but that’s just gotten to me from information that the killing has stopped, that the executions have stopped.”
Trump’s proclamation implies that there’s less pressure for American action to protect protesters — however, his prior military strike on Iran’s nuclear program last June featured elaborate public deceptions that gave similar indications that US action was not imminent.
