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Fact-Check: Only One of Trump’s Eight Women on Death Row

4/24/2026

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Fact-checkers found one of the eight women Donald Trump cited faces a confirmed death sentence in Iran.
President Donald Trump said Iran would free the eight women.
NGOs say only one remains under a confirmed death sentence and warn that Iran’s execution rate, the highest since 1989, could spur more killings amid protests.
Iranian embassy accounts mocked the claim with AI images.
The judiciary news agency denied the AI allegation.

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Fact-checkers found one of the eight women Donald Trump cited faces a confirmed death sentence in Iran.
President Donald Trump said Iran would free the eight women.
NGOs say only one remains under a confirmed death sentence and warn that Iran’s execution rate, the highest since 1989, could spur more killings amid protests.
Iranian embassy accounts mocked the claim with AI images.
The judiciary news agency denied the AI allegation.