{"id":411825,"date":"2026-01-16T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/411825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:37:08","slug":"live-updates-trump-thanks-iran-for-halting-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/411825\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump thanks Iran for halting executions"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> took the unusual step on Friday of thanking the Iranian government<\/a> for not following through on executions of what he said was meant to be hundreds of political prisoners.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran canceled the hanging of over 800 people,\u201d Trump told reporters while leaving the White House to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, adding that he \u201cgreatly respected\u201d the move.<\/p>\n

The sentiment seemed to back away from<\/a> Trump\u2019s recent repeated suggestions that the U.S. might strike Iran militarily if its government triggered mass killings during widespread protests that swept that country but now have quieted.<\/p>\n

Over the past two days, several Middle Eastern allies of the U.S. had urged the Trump administration to hold off on striking<\/a>, fearing such action would destabilize an already volatile region as well as the global economy.<\/p>\n

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