Trump skeptical after Iran proposes 14-point peace agreement
President Donald Trump is skeptical of a 14-point peace proposal put forward by Iran this weekend as Pakistan continues to facilitate talks between Tehran and Washington.
'Killing off the country': Iran executes dozens, arrests 4,000+ in war crackdown
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday accused Iran’s regime of dramatically intensifying its crackdown on dissent in the wake of the February conflict, warning that Tehran has carried out executions, mass arrests, torture and one of the world’s longest internet shutdowns while invoking national security.
In a sharply worded statement from Geneva, Türk said at least 21 people have been executed and more than 4,000 arrested on national security-related charges since Feb. 28 as the regime faces mounting scrutiny over what he described as a sweeping assault on fundamental rights.
"I am appalled that, on top of the already severe impacts of the conflict, the rights of the Iranian people continue to be stripped from them by the authorities in harsh and brutal ways," Türk said.
Since the start of the conflict two months ago, the U.N. said nine people have been executed over the January 2026 protests, 10 for alleged membership in opposition groups and two on espionage charges. It's estimated some 40,000 people were killed by regime forces during January's uprising.
Türk warned that Iran’s broad use of vaguely defined national security laws has enabled authorities to fast-track prosecutions, deny legal counsel and rely on coerced confessions.
"Even where national security is invoked, human rights can only be limited where strictly necessary and proportionate," he said, calling on Tehran to halt executions, impose a moratorium on capital punishment and immediately release those arbitrarily detained.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Efrat Lachter.
Trump says Iran sending over 'exact wording' of potential new deal
President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday he discussed a potential deal with Iran and will review the "exact wording" aboard Air Force One en route to Miami International Airport.
"They told me about the concept of the deal. They're going to give me the exact wording now," Trump said. "... We're doing very well with regard to Iran. Again, they want to make a deal. They are decimated."
"... If we left right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild," he continued. "But we're not leaving right now. We're going to do it so nobody has to go back in two years or five years."
Trump added the regime is "having a hard time figuring out who their leader is," and said there is a possibility the U.S. could restart military strikes on targets.
He later posted on Truth Social, noting he "can’t imagine that [the deal] would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years."
Fox News' Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
Trump defends Iran war: 'We cannot let lunatics have a nuclear weapon’
President Donald Trump on Friday defended the war with Iran as necessary to prevent the regime from having a nuclear weapon.
“We cannot let lunatics have a nuclear weapon," Trump said during remarks at The Villages in Florida.
The president acknowledged he expected more severe economic fallout but said he had to do “what's right.”
“I thought the numbers would be much worse. I thought the stock market would go down much more. I thought the oil prices would go up much more," Trump said. “I said, 'But we have no choice. Whether it does or doesn't, I have to do what's right.' We can't let them have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump also claimed Iran’s military capabilities have been significantly degraded.
“They're getting decimated. They have no Navy. They have no air force, they have no anti-aircraft equipment. They have no radar. They have no leaders. Their leaders are all gone.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Sophia Compton.
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