BREAKING: Trump says female Iranian prisoners will not be executed as per his request

President Trump claimed on Truth Social that he was told by Iranian authorities the eight women who were to be executed tonight, Wednesday.

He said that four of the women will be released immediately and the others will be sentenced to one month in prison, he posted.

Trump claimed credit for the lifting of the death sentence, based on a previous post where he told Iranian authorities that not executing the prisoners would be a "great start to our negotiations."

Unfortunately, the executions have not been definitively stopped or confirmed as halted. That is, reports are conflicting and basically unverified as of today.

The eight women named are: Bita Hemmati, Panah Movahedi, Mahboubeh Shabani, Ensieh Nejati, Ghazal Ghalandari, Diana Taherabadi, Golnaz Naraghi, and Venus Hosseininejad. They were reportedly arrested in connection with the 2025–2026 Iranian protests against the regime. Some faced serious charges like security-related offenses or moharebeh (waging war against Allah), which can carry the death penalty in Iran, as can many other things such as being raped as a woman without witnesses; being an atheist, Jew, Christian and refusing to pay a tax (jizya), or drawing a picture of their so called prophet, Mohammed.

Human rights groups have raised alarms about unfair trials, torture, and a broader spike in executions, in which there has been more than 1,600 in 2025, while political cases are still ongoing.

Only limited cases (e.g., Bita Hemmati as a potential first female protester execution) had clearer confirmation of death sentences from independent sources; claims about all eight being imminently executed came primarily from activist accounts, such as one by Eyal Yakoby that circulated widely.

Iran's judiciary quickly denied the claims as "fake news," stating: No such imminent executions were planned. Some of the women had already been released. 

Others faced lesser charges that would at most result in imprisonment, not death, they claim. State media echoed this, rejecting President Trump's narrative. 

No independent verification of executions being carried out, stopped, or commuted for all eight. Human rights organizations (e.g., Amnesty International) have warned of risks to protesters but haven't confirmed mass death sentences or last-minute halts for this specific group.

So what is the truth? I guess we'll find out.

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