Human rights sources report the ongoing trend of executions in Iranian prisons, and political prisoners held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison have stated that despite the pressures, they will continue to fight against the death penalty.
Human rights media outlets have reported that at least eight prisoners were executed early Monday morning, August 19.
Reports indicate that five people were executed in Yazd Prison, identified as three Baluch citizens and two Afghan nationals.
The Iran Human Rights Organization also reported the execution of three people in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz early Monday morning.
On Tuesday, August 8, security forces at Evin Prison attacked women who had gathered as part of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign to protest the execution of Reza Rasaei. According to reports, they were assaulted.
The prisoners, noting the pressures following this raid, including the banning of visits and phone calls for those who participated in the gathering, emphasized that despite these pressures, their opposition to the death penalty would continue.
Golrokh Iraee, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, also emphasized in a letter published on Monday that all citizens “from whatever position we are in, as political activists, critics, or opponents, and even those who consider themselves apolitical” must condemn the death penalty and openly oppose it.
The pace of executions has increased in recent months, and according to estimates by the Norway-based Iran Human Rights Organization, at least 87 people were executed in Iranian prisons in just one month following the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as president. Including those executed during the election campaign, this number reaches 100.
Recently, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, also expressed concern over the trend of executions in Iran.
