Trump Says Iran Spares 8 Women; Tehran Denies Death Penalty Claims

Iran Herald · April 22, 2026 Human Rights

New posts 21:06 Trump Says Iran To Spare 8 Women He Claims Faced Imminent Execution US President Donald Trump said he has learned that eight Iranian women "who were going to be executed tonight" would not be killed after he appealed to Tehran to release them. Iran's judiciary denied it and asserted that none of the women faced the death penalty. Neither claim could immediately be verified.