Thursday, January 15, 2026 - President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to take “very strong action” against the Iranian regime if anti-government protesters are executed.
This comes after relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who
was detained last week, said he is due to be executed today, Wednesday, 14.
“I haven’t heard about the hanging. If they hang ’em, you’re gonna see some
things that – I don’t know what you’re – where you come from and what your
thought process is, but you’ll perhaps be very happy,” Trump told “CBS Evening
News” anchor Tony Dokoupil during an interview in Detroit.
When Dokoupil asked the president to clarify what he meant,
Trump responded: “If they do such a thing, we will take very strong
action.”
More than 2,000 Iranians have been k!lled amid the
regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters, according to the US-based
Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Other sources paint a far grimmer picture, with death toll
estimates ranging between 12,000 to 20,000 people, CBS News reported.
Trump said the “endgame” of taking strong action against
Tehran would be “to win,” and implied that it would involve a military
operation when asked how he would define victory in Iran.
“Well, let’s define it in Venezuela. Let’s define it with al
Baghdadi. He was wiped out. Let’s define it with Soleimani, and let’s define it
in Iran, where [the US military] wiped out the Iranian nuclear threat in a
period of about 15 minutes once the B-2s got there,” the president
explained.
“We don’t want to see what’s happening in Iran happen,”
Trump continued. “And, you know, if they want to have protests, that’s one
thing. When they start killing thousands of people – and now you’re telling me
about hanging – we’ll see how that works out for them.
“It’s not going to work out good.”
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