Trump has threatened to attack Iran, prompting Tehran to warn of retaliation amid growing fears of conflict.

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United States President Donald Trump says that the killings of antigovernment protesters in Iran have stopped, signalling a more measured approach to the crisis after threatening to attack Iran in response to the crackdown on demonstrators.

Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he had been told that the killings of protesters in Iran have stopped and that plans for executions were halted, hours after the US began to withdraw some personnel from an airbase in Qatar amid growing fears of a renewed US-Iran conflict.