Overview
- Iran’s judiciary said Erfan Soltani has not been sentenced to death and that the charges he faces would carry prison terms if confirmed, after NGOs warned of a planned hanging.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News there is no plan to hang detained protesters and claimed calm has been restored, even as judicial leaders vowed rapid public trials for thousands of detainees.
- Iran closed national airspace to most commercial traffic for roughly four to five hours before reopening, forcing flight diversions and delays tracked by FlightRadar24 and aviation risk services.
- President Donald Trump said he was told killings have ceased and that no executions are planned, and the United States secured a U.N. Security Council briefing on the situation in Iran.
- Rights groups report thousands killed and more than ten thousand detained, while the United Kingdom closed its embassy in Tehran and multiple governments advised citizens to leave or reduced staff.