Trump vows 'very strong action' if Iran executes protesters
President Donald Trump has said the US will take "very strong action" against Iran if it executes protesters, as rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities.
Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, have told BBC Persian that he is due to be executed on Wednesday.
A representative from the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights also told the BBC that they had "never witnessed a case move so quickly".
Soltani's relative told BBC Persian that an Iranian court had issued a death sentence "in an extremely rapid process, within just two days".
Awyar Shekhi, a representative of Hengaw, said that the case demonstrated that the Iranian government is "using every tactic they know to suppress people and spread fear".Read more
