Iran’s judiciary has denied that eight women face execution after US President Donald Trump requested clemency on their behalf.
“Trump was misled once again by fake news,” the judiciary’s official Mizan Online website said.
“The women who were claimed to be on the verge of execution, some of them have been released, while others face charges that, if convictions are upheld, would at most result in imprisonment.”
Trump earlier said on social media that the women’s release could work in Iran’s favour in negotiations, re-posting an activist’s claim that eight women are facing death by hanging. That claim did not give names, but included photographs of the women.