Iran is planning to execute four more protesters in an attempt to quell further uprisings while the Islamic nation is in talks with the U.S.
The four people, Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl, Bita Hemmati, Behrouz Zamaninejad, and Kourosh Zamaninejad were arrested in January and sentenced to death earlier this week.
Bita Hemmati is the first woman to be publicly executed for her ties to the anti-regime protests.
A reporter asked President Trump about these executions, and this was his response.
A pretty amazing response from President Trump to this reporter question:
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) April 16, 2026
REPORTER: Iran is going to execute four more protesters, including the first woman protester. What do you tell Iran?
TRUMP: Tell that to the Pope. pic.twitter.com/K3jTlaMVX0
The pope has been critical of the Trump administration's war in Iran and the larger Catholic hierarchy in America has been critical of his immigration policies, too.
One might never know it by the rhetoric of Pope Leo XIV, but the Islamic theocracy that rules over Iran is a brutal regime.
— Christopher Tremoglie (@chriswtremo) April 17, 2026
Iran just sentenced four protesters to death. Why hasn’t Pope Leo criticized Iran?
READ: https://t.co/c4Nu7ktkb1
If there is criticism, it's far less vocal and public than the criticism of the Iranian regime.
This is not just the correct response but politically smart. Love him or despise him, Trump, in his instinctual way, has a habit of exposing hypocrisy and trite religious sloganeering for what it is.
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) April 16, 2026
In the face of the kind of brutality the IRCG represents, rhetoric about unity… https://t.co/4XRr1e4QGh
It's part of a bigger problematic mentality that Islam and Christianity can peacefully coexist. As we see in Africa and Europe, and a slew of Islamic nations, they cannot.