‘I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,’ the president says.
President Donald Trump on April 21 called for the Iranian regime to release eight women who are allegedly set to be executed as negotiations between Tehran and Washington were scheduled for the same day.
“To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women. I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump wrote that if Iran does “no harm” to the women, it “would be a great start to our negotiations.”
The president included a screenshot from a prominent X user’s post that showed the women who were purported to be executed. Their names were not provided in either Trump’s post or the user’s post.
His Truth Social comment was also posted by the White House’s Rapid Response page on X on Tuesday morning.
The Epoch Times could not immediately verify the names of the women, their alleged crimes, or whether they are currently detained by the Iranian regime.
Iran was beset by widespread protests that started in January, which human rights groups said led to a widespread crackdown on dissent in the country. At one point in mid-January, Trump said that the U.S. government would provide support to the demonstrators as he canceled talks with Tehran at the time.
In January, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he had “stopped 837 hangings” in Iran and said that he told Tehran they could face consequences if they performed more executions.
“And I said, ‘If you hang those people, you’re going to be hit harder than you’ve ever been hit,’” he stated.
The Trump administration has said that more rounds of discussions would be held in Pakistan on Tuesday, although Iranian officials have not publicly confirmed the meeting. Some Iranian state-run media have denied that any regime officials are in the country to hold talks with Washington.
