{"id":2549293,"date":"2026-01-23T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-prosecutor-denies-canceling-800-executions-as-trump-claimed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:51:41","slug":"iranian-prosecutor-denies-canceling-800-executions-as-trump-claimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-prosecutor-denies-canceling-800-executions-as-trump-claimed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian prosecutor denies canceling 800 executions as Trump claimed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-prosecutor-denies-canceling-800-executions-as-trump-claimed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2549293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-seeks-to-seize-assets-left-behind-by-foreign-companies-leaving\/\" title=\"Russia Seeks to Seize Assets Left Behind by Foreign Companies Leaving\">prosecutor-general<\/a>, Mohammad Movahedi, rejected President Trump&#8217;s claim that U.S.pressure had stopped the planned execution of more than 800 protesters, calling the allegation &#8220;wholly false&#8221; and saying Iran&#8217;s judiciary made no such decision and does not take orders from foreign powers. Trump has repeatedly said he warned Iran that it would be &#8220;hit harder than you&#8217;ve ever been hit&#8221; if it carried out mass hangings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"... backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> the executions were canceled &#8220;an hour before,&#8221; though he did not identify whom he spoke with in Iran. U.S.-based monitoring group HRANA says at least 5,002 fatalities have been confirmed since December, with 9,787 deaths under investigation and 26,852 arrests reported. Trump&#8217;s rhetoric toward Tehran has fluctuated &#8211; from urging protests and promising help to threatening military action &#8211; and he announced an increased U.S. naval presence near Iran while also saying he would prefer not to use force.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iranian prosecutor denies canceling 800 executions as Trump claimed<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2482088\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran&rsquo;s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">top prosecutor<\/a> is insisting that no executions of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4428893\/iran-officials-say-protests-over-after-4000-killed\/\">protesters<\/a> have been canceled due to foreign pressures, contradicting White House accounts.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump repeated his claim on Thursday to have unilaterally prevented the executions of over 800 protesters in Iran while speaking with reporters on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force-one\/\">Air Force One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4431263\/venezuela-advances-plan-release-oil-industry-from-state-control\/\">Venezuela advances plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuela-advances-plan-to-release-oil-industry-from-state-control\/\" title=\"Venezuela advances plan to release oil industry from state control\">release oil industry<\/a> from state control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4426991\/allies-panic-trump-eyes-greenland\/\">War for the top of the world: Allies panic as Trump eyes Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429981\/hamas-demilitarization-threatens-success-board-peace-gaza\/\">Hamas demilitarization still threatens success of &#8216;Board of Peace&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I said, &lsquo;If you hang those people, you&rsquo;re going to be hit harder than you&rsquo;ve ever been hit,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump said on his way back from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4428934\/zelensky-talks-tough-european-leaders-little-progress-ending-war\/\">World Economic Forum in Davos<\/a>, Switzerland. The president alleged that the executions were canceled &ldquo;an hour before,&rdquo; calling it a &ldquo;good sign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not specify who in Iran he spoke to about the executions.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a story that Trump has repeated many times since last week, but now Iranian officials are pushing back on his claims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutor-General Mohammad Movahedi told state media on Friday that Trump&rsquo;s recollection is &ldquo;completely false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No such number exists, nor has the judiciary made any such decision,&rdquo; Movahedi told Iranian news agency Mizan. &ldquo;We have a separation of powers, the responsibilities of each institution are clearly defined, and we do not, under any circumstances, take instructions from foreign powers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/day-twenty-six-of-the-protests-government-commits-violence-denies-responsibility-and-continues-mass-arrests\/\">Human Rights Activists News Agency<\/a>, a US-based activist group monitoring Iranian government actions against the public, claims to have confirmed at least 5,002 fatalities since the beginning of the protests in December.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4418307\/iranian-protests-testing-tehran-grip-power\/\">IRANIAN PROTESTS TESTING TEHRAN&rsquo;S GRIP ON POWER UNLIKE PREVIOUS ROUNDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It reports that the total number of deaths currently under investigation has risen to 9,787, and the total number of arrests has risen to 26,852.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s ire toward the Iranian regime has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4421002\/kurds-plea-help-toppling-iran-regime-trump-steps-back\/\">waxed and waned <\/a>over the weeks since protests began. He has at various points directly threatened military intervention, encouraged citizens to &ldquo;keep protesting,&rdquo; and urged dissidents to &ldquo;take over&rdquo; the nation&rsquo;s institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He told Iranians that &ldquo;help is on the way&rdquo; earlier this month, but seemed to abandon any plans for military action following the exchange that he interpreted as assuring the commutation of mass executions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-government protest<\/a> in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Trump announced Thursday that he would be bolstering the U.S. military presence around Iran with &ldquo;a lot of ships [&hellip;] just in case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4430693\/trump-armada-iran-greenland-details-two-weeks\/\">TRUMP SAYS &lsquo;ARMADA&rsquo; HEADED FOR IRAN, VOWS GREENLAND DETAILS IN TWO WEEKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have an armada &mdash; we have a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we won&rsquo;t have to use it,&rdquo; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we&rsquo;ll see what happens,&rdquo; he told reporters. &ldquo;We have a big force going toward Iran. I&rsquo;d rather not see anything happen, but we&rsquo;re watching them very closely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said in an interview earlier this week that he has issued <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4426764\/trump-blow-up-iran-assassination-threats\/\">orders to completely destroy Iran <\/a>if its military assassinates him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutor: Trump false &#8211; no 800 executions halted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2549294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013542145182.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33571,6018,3823],"class_list":["post-2549293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-death-penalty","tag-executions","tag-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013542145182.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549297,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549293\/revisions\/2549297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}