The 82nd week of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign was held in 49 prisons across Iran. Prisoners, by participating in this campaign, expressed their protest against the issuance of death sentences in the country.
Political prisoners announced that between July 23 and August 18 alone, 128 people had been executed, and since March 21 of this year, 619 people have been hanged. “These numbers are not merely statistical data, but stories of lives and families plunged into grief and suffering.”
The statement of the prisoners participating in the 82nd week of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign reads as follows:
The 82nd week of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign in 49 prisons across the country
In its 82nd week, the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign once again amplified the voices of prisoners and their families to society. The continued lack of information regarding five political prisoners sentenced to death and members of the campaign (Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Mohammad Taghavi, Akbar (Shahrokh) Daneshvarkar), as well as one security-related prisoner sentenced to death, Babak Shahbazi, is a clear sign of gross human rights violations and increasing pressure on prisoners’ lives.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court’s confirmation of the death sentence for political prisoner Sharifeh Mohammadi once again exposes the dimensions of injustice and cruelty of the regime’s judiciary—a tyrannical system that has completely lost its legitimacy in society.
The statistics of executions reveal a human tragedy: between July 23 and August 18 alone, 128 people were executed, and since March 21, 619 people have been hanged. These numbers are not merely statistical data, but the stories of lives and families plunged into mourning and suffering.
The members of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign strongly condemn this wave of executions and the intensified pressure on prisoners. They express their appreciation for the courage and perseverance of the justice-seeking families who have gathered outside prisons and other locations to echo the voices of prisoners, and they call on all compatriots not to leave the families of prisoners, especially those sentenced to death, alone in these difficult times.
The “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign urges all people to use any means and tools available to express their protest against unjust verdicts and the policy of executions in the country, and to demonstrate their human solidarity against this systematic violence through possible methods, including gatherings and supporting the families of those sentenced to death.
On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the members of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign in its 82nd week are on strike in 49 prisons across Iran.
