Donald Trump has claimed Iran has listened to his request and called off the alleged execution of eight protesters. On Tuesday, the US President republished on his social media platform an X post alleging Iran was going to execute eight women. In his Truth Social post, he addressed Iranian leaders directly, saying he would “greatly appreciate the release of these women” and suggested the gesture would show goodwill in the midst of a tense ceasefire.

One day later, on April 22, he announced the alleged executions had been called off. He claimed: “Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison.

“I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Mr Trump didn’t immediately share who informed him about the women’s alleged executions.

On Tuesday evening, the Iranian judiciary denied that eight women were facing an execution.

The judiciary’s official Mizan Online website read on April 21: “Trump was misled once again by fake news. 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.”

The image Trump recirculated on Tuesday was originally created by the Lawfare Project, a pro-Israel organisation based in the US.

Of the eight women pictured in the original post, one had been confirmed by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) as having been sentenced to death alongside her husband.

The defendants were accused of chanting slogans, throwing incendiary projectiles from rooftops and engaging in “propaganda against the regime”.

Thousands of people were killed by the regime, then led by Ali Khamenei, between December and January, when streets were flooded by Iranians protesting the state of the country’s economy.

Two people have died after a piece of scaffolding plummeted 13 floors from a building in Benidorm. The victims, aged 26 and 45, were thought to be working on the structure when it gave way in the Spanish seaside resort on Wednesday morning. A third person reportedly had a miracle escape after being left hanging from the 11th floor in the horror accident on Ibiza Street.

Emergency services rushed to the 18-storey Principality Europe building after being alerted at around 10:48am, according to local reports. The workers had purportedly been carrying out remodelling work on its façade for months, with the project scheduled for completion in just a few weeks’ time.

Initial reports suggested one person had died, and another was seriously injured after the scaffolding collapsed, with the second fatality confirmed later in the day.

The third worker, who is believed to have been left hanging near windows on the 11th floor, was rescued after tourists who had arrived the previous night helped them to safety.

A business owner based near the building said she heard “a great crash” and then “heartbreaking screams”, before finding a pile of “dust and destroyed scaffolding”.

She told Spanish newspaper Informacion that the work had been underway for around a year and a half, describing the incident as “horrible”.

Another passerby recounted “a spectacular roar of iron and tiles and screams” before he saw the worker who was left hanging get “hooked to a railing” before someone opened a nearby window.

Spanish police said a major investigation is underway.

Benidorm has decreed an official day of mourning for the two deaths, with a rally planned outside City Hall on Thursday including a three-minute period of silence.