Iran’s judiciary denied on Tuesday that eight women were at risk of execution after US President Donald Trump had 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 had 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 were facing death by hanging.

“I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Would be a great start to our negotiations!”

Trump’s statement accompanied a re-posting of a claim on X by a pro-Israel youth activist in the United States, Eyal Yakoby, that eight women faced death by hanging.

That claim, which did not give names but posted photographs of eight women, could not be immediately verified.