On Friday, President Donald J. Trump posted a message to Truth Social saying hundreds of scheduled executions had been halted in Iran.
“I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take place yesterday (Over 800 of them), have been cancelled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you!” he wrote.
Rising tensions between the US and Iran coincide with protests against Iran’s regime, fueled by a severe economic crisis and plummeting currency value.
According to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. 1,847 protesters have been killed, and 135 members of Iran’s security forces have died. Fox News Digital noted that other reports suggest the death toll is over 3,000 people.
In response to the ongoing violence, the Trump administration is considering military action to halt the slaughter of civilians.
“I have canceled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday.
The message comes after a chilling image was spread in Iran.
Fox News reports: Iranian state television aired a vile threat against President Donald Trump earlier this week, referencing the 47th president’s near assassination while on the campaign trail in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024.
The clip showed a sign held by a demonstrator at a pro-Iranian regime gathering. The sign featured a now-iconic photo of Trump, standing on stage with a bloodied ear after being grazed by a bullet at the Butler campaign stop, while Secret Service agents rushed to his aid.
The caption below the photo, written in Farsi, said, “This time, it (the bullet) won’t miss,” according to i24 news correspondent Amachia Stein, who posted a screenshot of the television clip on his X account.
The Secret Service confirmed that it is aware of the photo.
Iranian State TV just broadcast a picture of Trump from the Butler rally after he was shot with the words “this time, it won’t miss.”
Direct ass*ssination threat against Trump pic.twitter.com/PxGy1NfPXw
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 14, 2026
Many Iranians have expressed appreciation for Trump during the protests. Iranian protesters held signs with Trump’s image while shouting anti-Iranian regime slogans. One protester in Tehran symbolically renamed a street after Trump. Other videos also showed handwritten appeals reading, “Don’t let them kill us,” according to Iran International.
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