US EditionTrump Claims Iran Spares 8 Women Protesters After His Request
Trump said four of the women would be freed and four would serve prison terms after he urged Tehran to halt the executions as talks continued.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that the Iranian regime agreed to spare eight women protesters from execution following his request, with four to be released immediately and four sentenced to one month in prison.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hailed the announcement as proof of Trump's unmatched diplomatic prowess, telling Fox News that only the President could have secured the commutation of the eight women.
- Iran's judiciary disputes the claim, telling state media the women were not at risk of execution, while Iran's Embassy in Sierra Leone posted that Trump saved '8 AI-generated people.'
- The Islamic Republic recently seized two container ships and fired on a Greek-owned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, with the IRGC Navy Command calling safety disruption their 'red line.'
- Traders remain skeptical of a lasting resolution, pricing in only a 7% chance of pre-war shipping levels by April 30, while Brent crude trades roughly 50% higher than a year ago.
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US President Donald Trump has called on Iran to release eight women who are reportedly facing execution in Iran. "I would greatly appreciate it if the women were released," he wrote, sharing a collage of photos of the eight women who are said to be in danger. On Wednesday, a new message followed that he had managed to convince Iran to release the women. But Iran claims that the executions were not planned at all and that Trump is spreading fake …
Two of the protesters for whom the U.S. president called for exoneration would already be at large.
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Trump says 8 Iranian women protesters he asked to be released won't be executed
President Trump posted on social media Wednesday that eight women protesters who were going to be executed in Iran will no longer be killed. CBS News contributor Masih Alinejad shares her reaction.
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