The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign released a statement on Tuesday, November 5, marking its 41st week, announcing that nearly 56 people have been executed since the beginning of the Iranian month of Aban (starting on October 21). It was reported that at least 23 of these executions took place just in the past week.
More than 270 people were executed in Iran in October alone, a number unprecedented in the past 20 years.
The statement condemned the execution of Jewish prisoner Arvin Ghahramani in Kermanshah’s Dizelabad Prison, describing the judicial proceedings in his case as “unfair and opaque.”
In another section of the statement, campaign members warned about the fate of eight young people detained during the 2022 protests, involved in the “Ekbatan” case (a housing complex in Tehran). These defendants were tried behind closed doors, and the statement expressed concern that “given the serious charges, there is a possibility they could receive death sentences.”
The statement added that the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of four Baluch citizens—Eidou Shahbakhsh, Abdolghani Shahbakhsh, Abdolrahim Qanbarzehi, and Soleiman Shahbakhsh, all campaign members. Their cases have been forwarded for implementation, and their executions could occur at any moment.
In its 41st week, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has spread to 24 prisons across Iran, gaining significant domestic and international support, reflecting the resolve of the Iranian people to abolish the death penalty.
Imprisoned writers of this statement emphasized that, with the acceleration of executions, activists from various fields must raise their voices more forcefully to oppose the death penalty in Iran, expose those responsible for these executions, and hold them accountable. They noted that achieving this goal would only be possible through the collective resistance and action of the people and all activists.
At the end of the statement, it was announced that the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign would go on strike across 24 prisons in Iran during its 41st week.
These prisons include Evin (Women’s Ward, Wards 4 and 8), Ghezel Hesar (Units 3 and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Greater Tehran, Arak, Khorramabad, Isfahan’s Asadabad Prison, Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, Nezam Prison in Shiraz, Bam, Kahnooj, Mashhad, Qaemshahr, Rasht (Men’s and Women’s Wards), Ardabil, Tabriz, Urmia, Salmas, Khoy, Naqadeh, Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan, and Kamyaran.
