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WASHINGTON ( WNAM MONITORING): Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday “there is no plan” by Iran to hang people, when asked about the anti-government protests in the Middle Eastern nation.
“There is no plan for hanging at all,” the foreign minister told Fox News in an interview on the “Special Report with Bret Baier” show. “Hanging is out of the question,” he said.
According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Society, hangings are common in Iranian prisons.
In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said he would take “very strong action” if Iran started hanging protesters, but did not elaborate on his comments. “If they hang them, you’re going to see some things,” Trump said.
Trump said on Wednesday that he was told that killings in the Iranian government’s crackdown on the protests were subsiding and that he believed there was currently no plan for large-scale executions.
