Trump claims Iran ‘respected my request’ just hours after making demand to regime | World | News

Donald Trump claimed that Iran listened to his wishes and rescinded the alleged execution of eight protesters. On Tuesday, the US President republished an X post on his social media platform claiming that Iran would execute eight women. In the Truth Social post, he addressed Iranian leaders directly, saying he would “greatly appreciate the release of these women” and suggested the gesture would be a sign of goodwill amid the tense ceasefire.

A day later, on April 22, he announced the cancellation of the alleged executions. He claimed: “Very good news! I have just learned that the eight female protesters who will be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, while four will be sentenced to one month in prison.

“I greatly appreciate that Iran and its leaders respected my wishes as President of the United States and terminated the planned execution. Thank you for your interest in this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Mr. Trump did not immediately share who informed him about the alleged executions of the women.

On Tuesday evening, Iran’s judiciary denied that eight women were facing execution.

The official Mizan Online website of the judiciary wrote on April 21: “Trump was once again misled by false news. Some of the women allegedly on the verge of execution have been released, while others face charges that will result in a maximum prison sentence if the convictions are upheld.”

The image that Trump recirculated on Tuesday was first created by the Lawfare Project, a US-based pro-Israel organization.

One of the eight women featured in the original post has been confirmed by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) to have been sentenced to death along with her husband.

The defendants were accused of chanting slogans, firing incendiary bullets from rooftops, and making “anti-regime propaganda.”

Thousands of people were killed by the regime then led by Ali Khamenei between December and January, when Iranians protesting the state of the country’s economy flooded the streets.