Iranian foreign minister,Abbas Araghchi,insisted there was ‘no plan’ to hang people,while the country’s judiciary labelled foreign reports about his execution plan as ‘fabrication.’

Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran earlier in the week after the mounting death toll,saying that the US military was looking at ‘some very strong options.’

The US president said today he has been told that the regime’s deadly crackdown against protesters is easing and there are no plans for mass executions.

Protests have swept through Iranian cities and towns in recent weeks,sparked by unhappiness over rampant inflation. The regime was quick to shut down the country’s Internet,although some people have been able to use the satellite Starlink.

Social media footage posted on Tuesday shows dozens of bodies lying on the ground at the Tehran Province Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

More than 2,000 are feared dead and almost 20,000 people have been arrested during the unrest,according the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

The protests and Trump’s involvement have further soured the already tense relationship between Tehran and Washington.

The US,which has at least 19 military bases in the Middle East,began pulling military personnel from some of the locations.

Iran issued a threat to Trump live on state TV and during pro-regime rallies,saying that ‘next time the bullet won’t miss.’

While Iran is currently under an Internet blackout,some footage continues to come through,including this video showing traffic moving past a destroyed car in Karaj near Tehran yesterday (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

While the Iranian regime and the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are holding onto power,Iranian opposition abroad has gathered momentum.

Reza Pahlavi,the crown prince and the son of the last Shah of Iran who was toppled,has emerged as a prominent voice.

Trump described him as ‘very nice,but I don’t know how he’d play within his own country.’

He continued: ‘And we really aren’t up to that point yet.

‘I don’t know whether or not his country would accept his leadership,and certainly if â they would,that would be fine with me.’

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