White House says Iran halted 800 executions after Trump warnings
"The President and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences. And the President received a message, as he revealed to all of you in the whole world yesterday, that the killing and the executions will stop," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
"The President understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted, and so the President and his team are closely monitoring this situation, and all options remain on the table," she added.
Asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested the United States delay any attack on Iran as reported by the New York Times, Leavitt confirmed the two leaders had spoken on Wednesday but declined to elaborate.
