Last Updated:January 17, 2026, 17:40 IST Shashi Tharoor cautioned that the global community was not receiving complete or fully accurate information from Iran because authorities had cut internet access. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (Image: PTI/File) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that there were indications that tensions surrounding Iran may be easing, pointing to reports that executions of protesters have been cancelled and that the United States has toned down its action. However, he cautioned that a lack of reliable information due to an ongoing communications blackout made assessments difficult. While addressing reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, the senior Congress MP said that one positive sign was reports that Iranian authorities had cancelled the executions of more than 800 detainees that had been announced earlier. “The evacuation is happening, the same time tension, as far as I know, is not increasing. I know that we don’t have access to the latest information because the internet has been cut by the authorities. But two good signs we’ve heard are that the authorities have cancelled the executions …