Iran confirms protest hero will NOT be executed as Trump reveals Tehran told him ‘the killing has stopped’ after he threatened to take military action
Tehran has confirmed that Iranian protester Erfan Soltani will not be executed after US President Donald Trump threatened military intervention.
The judiciary said that 26-year-old Soltani was accused of ‘collusion against the internal security of the country and propaganda activities against the regime’, but that the death penalty would not be imposed if such charges were approved by the court.
Trump said he had been told by “very important sources on the other side” that the killings of protesters in Iran had stopped and the executions would not continue.
existed before Asked what he would do if the Iranian regime started executing captured protesters, he warned the clerics that America would take “very strong action,” adding: “If they hang them, you too I will see something‘.
Clothing store owner Soltani, who was arrested for participating in the January 10 protests, was held in Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj.
His family was told that he would face the death penalty and that his execution was scheduled for January 14.
Hengaw Human Rights Organization told the Daily Mail last night that Soltani’s relatives had been informed that the death sentence had been postponed.
Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian who was arrested during protests on January 10, was not sentenced to death, the country’s judiciary was quoted as saying by state media on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had been told the killing of protesters in Iran had stopped, but added that he would ‘monitor and see’ about the threat of military action. Pictured above in Washington on January 13, 2026
Protesters set fire to makeshift barricades near a religious center on January 10, 2026
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