Overview
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi told Fox News there is no plan for hangings and said executions were suspended for Wednesday and Thursday, while the group Hengaw reported Erfan Soltani’s execution was put on hold.
- President Donald Trump threatened a hard response if detainees are executed, then said he was informed the killings had stopped, though he offered no details on potential U.S. actions.
- Iran closed its airspace overnight for roughly five hours before reopening it, and Lufthansa said it will avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace, with a UN Security Council briefing on Iran scheduled for Thursday.
- Rights monitors report at least 3,428 protesters killed and more than 10,000 detained since late December, figures far higher than Tehran’s reference to hundreds of deaths.
- Governments issued travel warnings and moved personnel— including U.S. adjustments at Al-Udeid in Qatar— as some European officials told Reuters a U.S. strike could be imminent and internet access in Iran remained heavily restricted.