Trump: Iran canceled 837 hangings after we warned it would be ‘very bad day for them’

US President Donald Trump reiterates his claim that Iran halted plans to execute protesters last week after threats from Washington.

“They were going to hang 837 people, and… we let them know that if that happens, that will be a very bad day for them, and they decided not to do it,” Trump says at a White House press conference. “I can’t tell you what’s going to happen in the future, but supposedly they’ve taken that off the table.”

Trump had threatened to strike Iran if it killed protesters, which the regime proceeded to do in the thousands. But toward the end of last week, the president indicated that he had pulled back from plans to attack due to Iran’s purported cancellation of planned hangings of protesters.

Iran has not publicly confirmed those plans.