Overview
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said lives of 800 detainees were spared following U.S. warnings, while emphasizing that all options remain on the table.
- The Treasury imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and a shadow banking network tied to oil revenue laundering, targeting figures linked to the protest crackdown.
- President Trump said he was told the killing of protesters has stopped and that executions would not proceed, though verification is constrained by a prolonged internet blackout.
- Iran’s foreign minister and judiciary denied plans to execute protesters, and officials said detainee Erfan Soltani does not face the death penalty.
- Regional partners urged restraint as some U.S. and U.K. personnel were repositioned, protests appeared to ebb, rights groups cited thousands killed, and Iranian state TV aired hostile imagery toward Trump.