New Delhi, May 1 -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) made multiple assertions regarding Iran, its domestic conditions, and ongoing U.S. actions, claiming that American involvement has helped avert large-scale executions and has substantially weakened Iran's military capabilities.

Speaking during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran had carried out mass killings amid internal unrest, ANI reported.

"Iran killed 42,000 people over the last two months. They were going to kill eight women whose lives I saved. And I appreciate that they didn't do it. I asked them not to do it, but they didn't do it."

Trump framed US operations as ongoing but not a formal war, stating, "And that's despite a ...