Trump told reporters that he has been told that the killings of protesters was subsiding and that he believes there is currently no plan for large-scale executions,citing ‘very important sources on the other side’.

However,the president did not rule out potential US military action,saying ‘we are going to watch what the process is’ before noting that his administration had received a ‘very good statement’ from Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday ‘there is no plan’ to hang people,when asked about the anti-government protests.

‘There is no plan for hanging at all,’ the foreign minister told Fox News in an interview on the ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’ show.

‘Hanging is out of the question.’

Iran and its Western foes have both described the unrest as the most violent since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that installed Iran’s system of Shi’ite clerical rule.

Iranian authorities said the demonstrations turned from legitimate protest at economic grievances into unrest fomented by its foreign enemies,accusing people it described as terrorists of attacking the security forces and public property.