On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign entered its 110th week. On this occasion, prisoners participating in the campaign issued a statement referring to the killing of Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader, and described the death of the dictator of Iran as the beginning of the end of the abhorrent system of Velayat-e Faqih (absolute clerical rule) and the gateway to democracy.
In their statement, the prisoners also emphasized: The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has once again drawn the attention of the international community and human rights organizations to the situation of prisoners, especially political prisoners sentenced to death, and calls for their release. The disgraceful and crime-filled record of this regime must be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
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The full text of the statement by the prisoners of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign
The continuation of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign in its 110th week across 56 different prisons
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign considers the death of Iran’s dictator Ali Khamenei, responsible for the killing and execution of tens of thousands of Iranian people, as the beginning of the end of the abhorrent system of Velayat-e Faqih and the gateway to democracy.
Under the current harsh wartime conditions imposed on our country by the authoritarian regime, we prisoners consider ourselves alongside the general public and share in their pain and suffering.
We believe that despite all the ups and downs, Iran is ultimately moving toward a bright future and will never return to the past or to dictatorial systems. Iran’s freedom will be achieved by the people themselves, through their unity and solidarity, not by any foreign force.
The number of executions in the past 13 days has surpassed 65. In recent days, a death sentence has also been issued in Tehran for another detainee from the January 2026 uprising, Mohammadreza Majidi Asl, on the charge of “moharebeh” (“waging war against God,” a charge used by the Iranian regime). Two Kurdish prisoners from the 2022 uprising, Mohammad Faraji and Raouf Sheikh Maroufi, have also been sentenced to death.
The death sentence of another political prisoner, Peyman Farahavar, held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, northern Iran, has been upheld for the second time by the regime’s Supreme Court, placing his life in greater danger than ever before. At the same time, many other detainees are under pressure and torture and face the risk of inhumane death sentences and heavy punishments.
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has once again drawn the attention of the international community and human rights organizations to the situation of prisoners, especially political prisoners sentenced to death, and calls for their release. The disgraceful and crime-filled record of this regime must be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
In its 110th week, prisoners participating in the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign in 56 prisons across the country are on hunger strike.
