2026-04-22 20:15
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2026-04-22 20:15
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Iran respected his request and canceled the execution of eight women scheduled for that day. Iranian authorities have denied planning to execute the women, and human rights activists maintain that two of them have been free since March.
“Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight protesters who were scheduled to be executed tonight in Iran will not be killed,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.
As he announced, four women will be released immediately, and another four will be sentenced to a month in prison.
“I greatly appreciate that Iran and its leaders respected my request as US president and waived the scheduled execution. Thank you for your attention,” he added.
On Tuesday, Trump also posted an entry on Truth Social in which he appealed to Iran to release women who were about to be hanged.
“To the Iranian leaders who will soon be negotiating with my representatives: I would be very grateful if you could release these women. I am sure they will respect this fact if you do. Please do not hurt them! This would be a great start to our negotiations!!!” – Trump wrote before announcing the extension of the ceasefire.
As CNN noted, the Iranian authorities denied that they were ready to execute any women. Judiciary officials said some of the women had already been released and none of them faced the death penalty.
CNN wrote that Trump had previously referred to alleged death sentences handed down in Iran, which were later questioned or unconfirmed.
Oslo-based Iran Human Rights reported that two of the eight women Trump referred to were released on bail in late March, the AP wrote. According to human rights activists, at least two women behind bars face charges that could carry the death penalty.
From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)
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