The “No to Executions Tuesday Campaign,” comprised of hunger-striking prisoners from over 20 prisons across Iran, announced in its 39th week on October 22 that a group of political prisoners from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz has joined the campaign.
The statement mentioned that “in the wake of the anniversary of the 2022 protests, the anniversary of the victims of this movement, and the growing internal and external crises of the regime, we have witnessed an alarming and widespread acceleration of executions, with over 140 individuals hanged between September 22 and October 22 this year.”
The campaign added that among those executed, five were women. It also noted that according to reports, nearly 35 people have been executed in the past week alone, with 17 executed on October 16.
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign further stated, “In another repressive measure, four Arab political prisoners on death row in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz have been transferred to solitary confinement for the implementation of their death sentences, and their lives are in grave danger.”
According to the campaign’s statement, “Following these inhumane sentences, a group of political prisoners from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz declared in a statement their joining of the campaign.”
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign condemned the “systematic executions” carried out by the Iranian regime and called on “all political, civil, labor, and human rights activists and all conscious individuals, both inside Iran and internationally, to stand against these repressions. Standing against the issuance and execution of death sentences must become a social demand today.”
The authors of the statement believe this goal “will only be achieved through resistance, solidarity, and collective will,” and through this, “we can stop this killing machine and overthrow the foundation of such inhumane sentences in our country.”
According to the statement, a hunger strike was held on Tuesday, October 22, as a form of protest by members of the campaign in the following prisons: Evin Prison (Women’s Ward, Ward 4 and 8), Ghezel Hesar Prison (Units 3 and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Greater Tehran Prison, Khorramabad Prison, Arak Prison, Asadabad Prison in Isfahan, Nezam Prison in Shiraz, Bam Prison, Mashhad Prison, Lakan Prison in Rasht (Women’s and Men’s Wards), Qaemshahr Prison, Ardabil Prison, Tabriz Prison, Urmia Prison, Salmas Prison, Khoy Prison, Naqadeh Prison, Saqqez Prison, Baneh Prison, Marivan Prison, Kamyaran Prison, and Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz.
