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Trump vows 'very tough' action if Iran executes protesters

2026-01-14 07:46:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Trump vows 'very tough' action if Iran executes protesters

President Donald Trump has said the US will take "very strong measures" against Iran if it executes protesters, after human rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities.

Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was arrested last week, have told BBC Persian that he will be executed on Wednesday.

A representative from the Hengaw Human Rights Organisation also told the BBC that they had "never seen a case move so quickly".

Speaking to the BBC's US partner CBS News, Trump said of the possible executions: "If they hang them, you're going to see some things... We're going to take very strong action if they do that."

Soltan's relative told BBC Persian that an Iranian court had issued a death sentence "in an extremely quick process, within just two days".

Awyar Shekhi, a representative of Hengaw, said the case showed that the Iranian government is "using every tactic it knows to suppress people and spread fear."

An Iranian official told Reuters that 2,000 people had been killed, but that “terrorists” were to blame. Trump earlier said he planned to attend a meeting at the White House on Tuesday evening to discuss the situation in Iran, vowing to get “accurate figures” on the death toll from the protests.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it had so far confirmed the killing of 2,403 protesters, as well as 12 children, despite the internet shutdown. The group said nearly 150 people linked to the government had also been killed.

"The assassination appears to be significant, but we don't know for sure yet," Trump told reporters as he returned to the White House.

Once we have the numbers, he said, "we will act accordingly."/ CNA, translated by BBC 





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