The clarification comes after Norway-based Kurdish rights group Hengaw said the family of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani had been told he would face execution shortly after his arrest

Iran’s judiciary has dismissed reports that it intends to execute protesters arrested during the country’s latest wave of unrest.

The clarification comes after Norway-based Kurdish rights group Hengaw said the family of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani had been told he would face execution shortly after his arrest.

Hengaw later stated the execution had been “postponed” but expressed ongoing concern for his safety.

Iranian authorities said Soltani faces charges of “colluding against national security” and “propaganda activities against the establishment,” offences that do not carry the death penalty.

State broadcaster IRIB described foreign media reports of an execution plan as “fabricated,” while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed there is “no plan” to carry out executions.

The assurances came after President Donald Trump warned the United States would take “very strong action” if Iran executed detained protesters.

Trump later added that, according to “very important sources,” the killings are stopping and there are no planned executions.

Despite these statements, rights groups remain concerned.

Hengaw said Soltani has not been allowed access to a lawyer, and his family has not received official documentation of his charges.

Soltani, a clothes shop owner, was reportedly arrested last Thursday in Fardis, west of Tehran, though Iranian authorities claim he was detained during “riots” on Saturday and is being held in Karaj.

Iran’s chief justice, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, has called for swift trials for those arrested during the unrest, arguing that delays would weaken enforcement.

The protests began with strikes by Tehran shopkeepers over rising living costs and the fall of the national currency, spreading nationwide into wider opposition against Iran’s clerical leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Authorities responded with heavy security measures and internet restrictions.

According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at least 2,435 protesters, 13 children, and 153 members of security or government-linked forces have died since the unrest began.

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