Trump says he's been told killings, executions in Iran have stopped

US President Donald Trump said he's been informed that the killing has stopped in Iran.

"They're not going to have an execution, which a lot of people were talking about for the last couple of days, today was going to be the day of execution," he told reporters.

“We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, stopped, and stopping. And there's no plan for executions or an execution or execution. So I've been told that in good authority,” Trump said.

“But that's just gotten to me from information that the killing has stopped, that the executions have stopped,” he added.

Asked whether military action against Iran was now off the table, Trump said: “We’ll watch and see what the process is, but we’ve been given a very good statement by people that are aware of what’s going on.”