No attack on Iran: Trump claims regime has stopped killing protesters

By Robert Spencer | Jan 15, 2025

BREAKING: Trump:

We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.

There is no plan for executions. I have been told that, we will find out about it. pic.twitter.com/TnJMgP2Dfp

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 14, 2026

? REPORT: US STRIKE ON IRAN CALLED OFF AT LAST MINUTE

According to Walla military analyst Amir Bohbot, Donald Trump personally intervened late last night to halt a planned US strike on Iran.

• Iranian airspace has since reopened
• Assets scrambled from Al Udeid Air Base were… pic.twitter.com/LJtadgRfco

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) January 15, 2026

Trump warned on January 2 the Islamic Republic that if they killed protesters, the U.S. would retaliate:

He encouraged the protesters to continue, promising help:

Now, he seems to have walked that back, implying by saying that the killing has stopped that no intervention is necessary. In reality, however, the killing has not stopped, and will not stop. The Islamic Republic rules by terror, and terror is its only weapon. The Iranian people trusted Trump and put their lives on the line. At this point, it looks as if his threats were empty and he has let them down. An attack still could materialize, but with 20,000 dead in Iran, it is already far too late. The president has issued empty threats before, particularly regarding Israel and Hamas, and they make him look weak and untrustworthy. His enemies, avid to find anything they can use to destroy him, will play this up for all it’s worth. The mullahs, meanwhile, can breathe a sigh of relief: they cleared their airspace last night, in anticipation of an attack, and now it looks as if the crisis is over and they have outlasted Trump. They might as well take a cue from the Kennedy Center and rename the country The Trump Islamic Republic of Iran, as it owes its continuing existence to him.

This is a gargantuan and ghastly betrayal that could result in the complete discrediting of Trump and his presidency, and pave the way for the full victory of socialist authoritarianism in the U.S. in 2028.

I hope Trump will soon prove me wrong with an attack that will topple the Islamic Republic. That would not have been the bar if he himself had not set it there, but he did. Pretending that the mullahs have now become sweethearts isn’t going to save face for the president or fool anyone.