Trump urges Iran to spare 8 women set to be hanged
· Toronto Sun
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran can buy goodwill with the U.S. by releasing eight women the Islamic regime wants to hang.
“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. Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!!,” Trump said on Truth Social .
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The post didn’t identify the women, but it did include a photo of Bita Hemmati, a protester arrested during demonstrations against the regime in January. The regime accused her of using explosives and weapons, throwing objects such as concrete blocks, participating in protest gatherings, and disrupting national security, according to the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) . The NCRI believes more than 300 people were executed in the first month of 2026.
The regime also arrested her husband and two other men who lived in their apartment building. They, too, have been sentenced to death.
Other women include Diana Taherabadi, 16, and Mahboubeh Shabani, 33, both arrested in February for resisting the regime, along with Ensieh Nejati, a Kurdish women’s rights activist sentenced to death early last year.
Brutal crackdown
The Islamic regime has brutally punished those who protested the regime earlier this year, after holding sham trials, according to human rights groups. State media has confirmed the regime executed at least 14 people this year, and last year it executed more than 1,600 — a 36-year high.
Most were for drug and murder-related offences, but some included charges such as “waging war against God,” or “corruption on Earth,” according to a joint report by nonprofits Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty.
Iran targets women, religious minorities
At least 48 women were executed, another 20-year record, and the death sentences were handed down “after grossly unfair trials and without due process,” the report said, adding that religious minorities were disproportionately represented.
This year’s executions were linked to protest activity following American military action against the Islamic regime started earlier this year. Six were convicted of being members of an anti-regime group and another was accused of spying for the Israelis, the report said.
The regime has also killed tens of thousands of protesters who took to the streets in January over the country’s lagging economy. More than 7,000 people have been confirmed killed by the Human Rights Activists News Agency, with thousands more still under investigation.