Overview
- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghtchi told Fox News there is no plan for hangings and said none would occur today or tomorrow, after President Trump said he was informed killings had stopped and no executions were planned.
- The reported execution of detainee Erfan Soltani was suspended, according to the rights group Hengaw, which still voiced grave concerns for his life.
- Iran temporarily closed its airspace for several hours overnight before reopening it, while Lufthansa said it will avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace and the UK closed its embassy in Tehran.
- Italy and Poland urged their citizens to leave Iran, the U.S. issued precautionary guidance around the Al-Udeid base in Qatar, and multiple carriers rerouted flights as regional tensions rose.
- Rights monitors report at least 3,428 protesters killed and more than 10,000 detained, and NetBlocks says Iran’s nationwide internet restrictions have entered a seventh day.