Continuing the protests against the issuance and implementation of death sentences in Iran, 439 political and civil activists have signed a statement demanding a halt to executions in Iran. The signatories of this statement expressed solidarity with the families of those executed in recent weeks and showed support for the global campaign “No to Execution.”
According to these activists, the death sentences are driven more by revenge and are leading to the prosecution of young protesters.
The signatories of the statement believe that most recent executions should not have taken place even according to the judicial standards of the Iranian regime.
In the past months, following the intensification of the wave of executions in Iran, numerous gatherings have been held in various parts of the world.
On January 29, political prisoners in Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar Prison declared they are going on a hunger strike every Tuesday in protest against the widespread executions in this prison and other prisons. This hunger strike is in solidarity with the hunger strike of prisoners condemned to death in this prison.
Political prisoners in Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar Prison issued a statement announcing the hunger strike and wrote the following:
“Since our exile until now, we have witnessed the expansion of the wave of executions of prisoners (both political and non-political), and we have reacted and informed the public in any possible way about this crime. For this reason, on January 28, security forces stormed the political prisoners’ ward to silence this voice of protest and prevent the disclosure of the wave of executions. They resorted to beating, threatening, insulting, and confiscating and damaging belongings. All this savagery is aimed at preventing the disclosure of executions and state-committed murders.”
Another group of prisoners declared: “We, political prisoners from Evin Prison, join the hunger strike every Tuesday along with the prisoners of Ghezel Hesar and other prisoners in protest against executions.”
The names of some of the prisoners are Behrouz Ehsani, Reza Akbari Monfared, Khosrow Rahnama, Kamran Rezaei Far, Reza Rezaei, Hossein Shahsavari, Nasrollah Falahi, Masoud Moeini, Ali Moezi, Shahab Nadali, Ali Bahiraei, Arash Moradi, and Yasin Mokhtari.
