Trump holds off on strikes after assurances.US President Donald Trump says Iran has halted killings and executions, citing assurances he received. Tehran denies plans for hangings as tensions remain high and airspace closures disrupt flights.
US President Donald Trump says Iran has halted killings and executions, citing assurances he received. Tehran denies plans for hangings as tensions remain high and airspace closures disrupt flights.
Pro-government demonstrators gather in front of the United Kingdom Embassy chanting anti-UK and anti-US slogans
US President Donald Trump said he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted
US President Donald Trump says he is told Iran has stopped killing protesters and will not carry out executions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there are no plans to execute protesters, while repeating claims that foreign elements are behind the unrest
Tensions remain high after Iran briefly closes its airspace, forcing international flights to divert before traffic begins to resume
UN calls for end to executions in Iran
The United Nations has called on Iran to stop any planned executions of protesters and to investigate all deaths independently and transparently.
“We call on Iran to halt any executions linked to protest-related cases,” Martha Pobee, UN assistant secretary general at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said during a UN Security Council meeting. “All deaths should be promptly, independently, and transparently investigated. Those responsible for any violations must be held to account in line with international norms and standards.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint, Pobee added.
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US President Donald Trump says Iran has halted killings and executions, citing assurances he received. Tehran denies plans for hangings as tensions remain high and airspace closures disrupt flights. Follow DW for more.
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Pro-government demonstrators gather in front of the United Kingdom Embassy chanting anti-UK and anti-US slogans
US President Donald Trump said he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been haltedImage: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/picture alliance
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US President Donald Trump says he is told Iran has stopped killing protesters and will not carry out executions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there are no plans to execute protesters, while repeating claims that foreign elements are behind the unrest
Tensions remain high after Iran briefly closes its airspace, forcing international flights to divert before traffic begins to resume
Here are the latest headlines, analyses and background on the Iran protests Thursday January 15, 2025:
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UN calls for end to executions in Iran
The United Nations has called on Iran to stop any planned executions of protesters and to investigate all deaths independently and transparently.
“We call on Iran to halt any executions linked to protest-related cases,” Martha Pobee, UN assistant secretary general at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said during a UN Security Council meeting. “All deaths should be promptly, independently, and transparently investigated. Those responsible for any violations must be held to account in line with international norms and standards.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint, Pobee added.
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Iran accuses US of ‘steering unrest,’ Washington says all options on table
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held an emergency meeting on Thursday to address protests in Iran and a crackdown that has resulted in thousands of deaths, according to the group Iran Human Rights.
At the meeting, Iran’s Deputy UN Ambassador Gholam Hossein Darzi accused the US of “direct involvement in steering unrest in Iran to violence.”
He claimed Washington, with its actions, was “laying the groundwork for political destabilization and military intervention” in the Middle Eastern nation.
The diplomat stressed that Tehran does not seek escalation or confrontation, but would deliver a “decisive, proportionate and lawful response” should there be “any act of aggression — direct or indirect.”
Meanwhile, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the UNSC meeting that Washington stands by the “brave people of Iran.”
He also reiterated President Donald Trump’s stance that “all options are on the table.”
“President Trump is a man of action, not endless talk like we see at the United Nations. He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter,” Waltz said.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in support of protesters in Iran, where thousands of people have been reported killed in recent days in a deadly clampdown on the anti-regime protests.
But on Thursday, the US leader adopted a wait-and-see posture, saying he had been told that Iran would stop killing protesters and not carry out executions.
