Two of the eight Iranian women who President Trump urged the Islamic Republic to spare from execution had already been released when he made the public appeal, according to a Norway-based human rights monitor.
Golnaz Naraghi, 37, and Venus Hosseininejad, 28, have been out on bail since late March, according to the Iran Human Rights organization in Oslo. The status of the other six women were not immediately clear.
Trump drew attention to the women’s plight when he re-posted a X message from American pro-Israel activist Eyal Yakoby featuring a collage of the octet.
“To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
“I am sure that they will respect the
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