US President Donald Trump thanks Iran for purportedly scrapping the executions of eight female citizens at his request.
Trump claimed yesterday that Iran was planning to hang eight women, citing an unverified post by a pro-Israel activist.
A rights group later said that at least two of the eight women had already been released when Trump issued the plea to Iran’s leadership yesterday.
“Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed,” Trump says in his latest Truth Social post. “Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison.”
“I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution,” Trump adds.
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