Iran denies plan to execute detained protester as death toll from unrest rises

Iran's judiciary said detained protester Erfan Soltani would not be given a death sentence, denying earlier reports he would be executed. The government has issued mixed signals about using executions as punishment for protesters.

Trump said he believed executions of protesters were stopping, while the United Nations said Iran uses executions as a means of intimidation. The reported death toll from the protests has reached several thousand.