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Iran Spares Eight Women After Trump Plea
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Trump Says Eight Women Were SparedPresident Donald Trump said eight… |
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Trump Says Eight Women Were SparedPresident Donald Trump said eight women protesters in Iran who faced execution will not be put to death after his direct intervention. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he asked Iranian leaders to release the detainees as a sign of goodwill before talks with his representatives. He later said he was informed that the planned executions had been halted. According to his statement, four of the women would be released immediately and the other four would receive one-month prison sentences. The claim has not been independently verified here, but if true, it would mark a rare case of public pressure, however blunt, producing a result that is better than the alternative.What Trump Asked Tehran To DoTrump’s message to Iranian leaders was direct and unmistakably Washington in its own special way. He said he would greatly appreciate the release of the women and suggested they would respect the gesture ahead of negotiations. The administration presented the move as a goodwill test for Tehran, which tends to treat goodwill the way most bureaucracies treat urgency, as something to be discussed, delayed, and carefully managed until the crisis has passed. In this case, the reported shift…
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