Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked US PresidentDonald Trump to delay any plans for a US military attack on Iran, The New YorkTimes reported on Thursday, citing a US official.
According to Israel’s Channel 14, the United States informedIsrael on Wednesday that it would attack Iran overnight, before halting theplan.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Thursday, citing aSaudi official, that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman persuaded Trump to giveIran’s government more time and refrain from launching military strikes.
Earlier today, Iran denied that a death sentence had beenissued against Erfan Soltani, who was arrested on Saturday in connection withthe protests, stressing that it was not preparing to carry out his execution.
Trump said earlier that he’s been told that plans forexecutions in Iran have stopped, adding, “We’ve been told that the killing inIran is stopping, it’s stopped, it’s stopping, and there’s no plan forexecutions, or an execution, or executions, so I’ve been told that on goodauthority.”
Iran’s nationwide protests erupted on December 28 after therial collapsed to a record low of about 1.45 million to the US dollar, drivingsharp increases in food prices and inflation before spreading nationwide. TheHuman Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said at least 2,571 people have beenkilled so far, including 2,403 protesters, 147 government-affiliatedindividuals, 12 minors, and nine civilians not involved in demonstrations.Iranian officials have acknowledged an overall death toll of around 2,000.
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