President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration is closely watching Iran for signs that it&#8217;s killing protesters, and has sent a &#8220;big flotilla&#8221; toward the region &#8220;just in case.&#8221;
The president said that he hopes the U.S. fleet is unnecessary. Trump talked about U.S. troop movements regarding Iran while on board Air Force One, with his orders suggesting that tensions between Washington and Tehran are still high amid Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protests.
“We’re watching Iran. You know, we have a lot of ships going that direction just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we&#8217;ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters.
The president said that he stopped Tehran from following through on hundreds of public executions.
“I said, ‘If you hang those people, you&#8217;re gonna be hit harder than you&#8217;ve ever been hit. It&#8217;ll make what we did to your Iran nuclear look like peanuts.’ And an hour before this horrible thing (the executions) was going to take place, they canceled it,” the president said. “But we have an armada. We have a massive fleet heading in that direction. And maybe we won&#8217;t have to use it. We&#8217;ll see.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;We&#8217;re watching Iran. We have a lot of ships going that direction just in case&#8230; We have a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we won&#8217;t have to use it. We&#8217;ll see.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/eL0sRyJb6u">pic.twitter.com/eL0sRyJb6u</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2014496443311018323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
Trump threatened Iran with another attack if the regime used deadly force, as anti-government protests have swept the Middle Eastern country in recent weeks. Tehran has maintained an internet blackout over the entire country for two weeks, as reports suggest that the regime has killed thousands.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activist News Agency <a href="https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-six-of-the-protests-government-commits-violence-denies-responsibility-and-continues-mass-arrests/">says</a> it has confirmed the deaths of over 5,000 people since mass protests erupted in Iran in late December. The human rights group says it is investigating nearly 10,000 more deaths. It says nearly 27,000 people have been arrested by the regime since the protests started.
Trump and Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have traded strong words while Washington and Tehran negotiate and threaten each other over the fate of Iranian protesters and a potential U.S. strike.
“Anything ever happens [to me], we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country’s going to get blown up,” Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5697870-trump-iran-assassination-threats/">said</a> on Tuesday in response to the Iranian regime’s threats on his life.
Tehran hit back on Wednesday. An Iranian military spokesman, Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/g-s1-106639/iran-warns-trump-khamenei">said</a>: “Trump knows that if any hand of aggression is extended toward our leader, we not only cut that hand but also we will set fire to their world.”
Trump ordered strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities last year, which the United States military carried out in cooperation with Israel, effectively ending the 12-Day War that took a significant toll on Iran’s top military leadership and nuclear research.

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