Tehran's chief prosecutor on Saturday vowed "firm" action against detained protesters, responding to a Truth Social post by US President Donald Trump in which he said Iran's leadership had "cancelled the executions" of 800 protesters.
"Trump always talks a lot of nonsense. The hell he does," Tehran's chief prosecutor Ali Salehi said on Saturday, when asked about Trump's statement.
"Our response is firm, deterrent, and swift, and a large number of our cases have now resulted in indictments being issued and have been sent to court," he said.
President Donald Trump said Friday he decided against striking Iran after Tehran, he said, halted the execution of 800 protesters who were on death row.
“They canceled the hangings. That had a big impact,” Trump told reporters.
No Iranian officials have publicly confirmed the existence of the 800 death-row cases Trump referenced.
