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Sadik Hossain

Man was hours from execution before Trump stepped in, his sobering final post reveals what he knew was coming

Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian protester, was supposed to be executed on January 14. But the Iranian government postponed his death sentence after President Donald Trump stepped in. This rare decision came just hours before Soltani was scheduled to die.

According to LadBible, Soltani was the first civilian sentenced to death after weeks of economic protests turned into massive anti-government demonstrations across Iran. His family desperately asked Trump for help after the US president publicly promised to “take very strong action” if any arrested protesters were killed.

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