Shafaq News– Washington
The White House on Thursday rejected media reportsspeculating about potential US actions on Iran, stressing that policy decisionsrest solely with President Donald Trump, not unnamed officials.
At a briefing attended by Shafaq News, Press SecretaryKaroline Leavitt criticized coverage relying on “anonymous sources,” arguing, “Thesesources do what is very, very small advisors that just told you, you can usethe ground in Iran.”
Noting that recent US actions helped reduce violencein Iran, Leavitt said about 800 lives were spared. Trump, she added, continuesto closely monitor developments while keeping all options on the table.
On Wednesday, Trump stated that he had been informedexecutions in Iran had been halted, saying he was told on what he described asreliable authority that killings were stopping and that no executions wereplanned.
Iranian officials have repeatedly accused the UnitedStates and Israel of seeking to destabilize the country, with Foreign MinisterAbbas Araghchi asserting that protests began peacefully and withinconstitutional bounds before turning violent following what he described as the“infiltration of armed groups.”
Protests in Iran erupted on December 28 after the rialcollapsed to a record low of about 1.45 million to the US dollar, driving sharpincreases in food prices and inflation before spreading nationwide. The HumanRights 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.
Read more: Escalation without Collapse: Washington’s options against Tehran
For Shafaq News, Mostafa Hashem,Washington D.C.
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