President Trump said Wednesday that Iran will not execute eight Iranian women accused of involvement in anti-regime protests, as previously planned.
"Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight female protesters who were to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be executed," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
The president said four of the women would be released immediately and the other four would be sentenced to one month in prison, a day after he called on the Islamic Republic to halt their executions.
The women's alleged crimes included throwing objects at a January protest against the regime and providing aid to injured demonstrators during the major uprising, according to international human rights organizations.
The new development comes amid a recently extended ceasefire in the Iran war and the possibility of additional peace talks between the US and Iran.
"I greatly appreciate that Iran and its leaders respected my request, as President of the United States, and ended the planned execution," Trump added in his tweet.
Earlier this year, the president encouraged Iranians to rise up against their leaders in an attempt to overthrow the government.
More than 6,000 people died in the mass demonstrations and some were tortured and forced to confess to crimes against the country on state television.
