Trump Appeals for Release of Iranian Detainees After Prior Bail Grants

President Trump urged Iranian leaders to spare eight women from execution, re-posting an X message featuring a collage of the women and adding his own plea on Truth Social. In his message, Trump wrote: '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! ' He re-posted the message from Eyal Yakoby, which included images of the eight women. Two of the women, Golnaz Naraghi, 37, and Venus Hosseininejad, 28, had been released on bail since late March, according to the Iran Human Rights organization in Oslo.

Iran's judiciary stated that some of the women had already been released and none faced execution. Rights groups reported that at least two of the other six women still in detention are facing charges that carry the death penalty. com reported.

Naraghi, an emergency room doctor and internal medicine specialist, and Hosseininejad, who practices the Baha’i faith, were arrested amid the January anti-regime protests in Iran. Hosseininejad was taken into custody on January 15 and forced to confess to crimes against the state on public TV, her family told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Naraghi was taken into custody on January 14 and forced to sign a confession at the Qarchak women’s prison, according to the Femena human rights group.

Both women were part of the broader demonstrations that led to widespread arrests. Among the other detainees is Bita Hemmati, accused of using explosives and weapons, throwing objects such as concrete blocks, participating in protest gatherings, and disrupting national security, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).