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Trump says 8 Iranian women protesters he asked to be released won't be executed
CBS NEWS ^ | 04/22/2026

Posted on 04/22/2026 1:35:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: execution; iran; women

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1 posted on 04/22/2026 1:35:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The first time he told Iran not to kill anyone did not work out very well for its leaders.


2 posted on 04/22/2026 1:39:51 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: SeekAndFind

EXCERPT FROM NEW YORK POST:

https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/us-news/trump-says-iran-wont-execute-8-women-after-he-pleaded-for-their-release/

President Trump announced Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women after he pleaded Tuesday for their freedom — calling it “very good news” in a social media post.

“I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution.”


3 posted on 04/22/2026 1:42:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Im praying this is true but its Iran, for all I know the prisoners are already dead..I double dog dare ANY commie to have a No Kings protest in Downtown Tehran, see how it works out for them, then maybe they will think twice about “No Kings”


4 posted on 04/22/2026 1:43:16 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SeekAndFind

They are using their own people as hostages. Sounds familiar.


5 posted on 04/22/2026 1:50:47 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: SeekAndFind

I still don’t believe they’re safe.


6 posted on 04/22/2026 1:53:19 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: beethovenfan

No one in Iran is safe.


7 posted on 04/22/2026 2:05:41 PM PDT by yldstrk
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To: SeekAndFind

Evidently, this is one of Trump’s true social comments.
Turns out it’s not real. The Iranians have stated that no such thing was going to happen. There were no women to be executed.

Trump increasingly makes these erratic and chaotic truth social posts that have no bearing to reality whatsoever.


8 posted on 04/22/2026 2:11:31 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: SeekAndFind

Just as a general rule of life NEVER trust a muslim.


9 posted on 04/22/2026 2:22:07 PM PDT by Bluebeard16
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To: Captain Peter Blood

So what makes you so sure that Trump is lying and not “the Iranians?” I assumed the opposite when I read their account in the Times of Israel.


10 posted on 04/22/2026 2:36:42 PM PDT by norcal joe ( )
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Trump increasingly makes these erratic and chaotic truth social posts that have no bearing to reality whatsoever.

Sure he does.

Please provide proof of your assertions or they are not true, just the rantings of a brain-dead, bitter, Anti-Trump, Anti-MAGA Troll!
11 posted on 04/22/2026 2:42:28 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yup... Because we can believe what the Iranian’s say. LOL


12 posted on 04/22/2026 3:18:38 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“President Trump announced Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women after he pleaded Tuesday for their freedom”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That’s worrying.

A few days ago when Trump declared that Iran had ended its blockade and that it would ”never block Hormuz ever again”… Iran blocked it completely the very next day, and now Iran is actively using its Mosquito fast intervention fleet (which seems 100% intact and operational) to attack tankers, shooting all over the place. Iran stole two tankers today!

Thus, I presume those 8 women will be killed in coming days by the anti-Christ regime in Tehran.


13 posted on 04/22/2026 3:46:38 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am praying that the Iran regime follows through and that these innocents are released and that they’re not physically and emotionally scarred.


14 posted on 04/22/2026 4:01:49 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If anyone including Trump, really believes this, I have a secret potion they can buy that will magically make them 20 years old again.


15 posted on 04/22/2026 4:45:45 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

If you believe the Iran regime, Iran’s judiciary publicly rejected Trump’s claim, stating:

No executions had been scheduled,

Some of the women had already been released,

Others faced charges that could lead to imprisonment but not imminent execution.

See here:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/trump-claims-iran-spared-8-women-officials-reject/gm-GMB8575880

However… Human rights groups (including Amnesty International and Hengaw) have confirmed that several women arrested during the January 2026 protests were indeed at risk. For instance, Bita Hemmati was reportedly sentenced to death, and Mahboubeh Shabani faced capital charges of “waging war against God.”

Some identified in the post include teenagers (16-year-olds Diana Taher Abadi and Ghazal Ghalandari) who were detained, though their exact sentencing status was less clear.

So, While Iran claims “no one was facing execution,” human rights records show that at least two of these specific women were indeed in extreme legal peril.

In my view … Ultimately, the “truth” is likely a de-escalation tactic. Whether a formal “execution order” existed or not, the high-profile attention has made it politically impossible for Iran to execute these women right now without sabotaging the peace negotiations they desperately need to lift the naval blockade.


16 posted on 04/22/2026 4:59:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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