While the international community has repeatedly warned about the rising number of executions in Iran, new statistics reveal that in the Iranian year 1403 (March 21, 2024 – March 21, 2025), over 1,150 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons.
According to a statement issued by the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, among those executed, 135 were Baluchi citizens, and 104 were Kurdish citizens. Additionally, 38 women were among those executed last year. Alongside these figures, five political and ideological prisoners were executed, and eight public executions were carried out.
This campaign, which has been active for over a year, announced in its 61st week that on Tuesday, March 25, prisoners in 38 prisons across the country will go on a hunger strike.
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign emphasized in its report that 85% of last year’s executions took place during the presidency of Masoud Pezeshkian. This highlights once again that different factions within the Iranian regime make no distinction in repression and carrying out executions, and the policy of mass executions continues.
Activists of this campaign, emphasizing their resistance against the death penalty, have called on all human rights organizations, civil institutions, political parties, and activists to take more concrete actions against this practice in the new year. They hope that the year 1404 (beginning on March 21, 2025) will mark the end of executions and repression and be a step towards freedom.
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, which operates weekly, has recently announced that prisoners in 38 different prisons across the country, including Evin, Ghezel Hesar, Greater Tehran, Adelabad in Shiraz, Urmia, Tabriz, and Mashhad, will join the hunger strike.
The mass execution of prisoners in Iran continues amid ongoing protests against harsh judicial rulings and the increasing execution rate. Many international organizations, including the United Nations and Amnesty International, have repeatedly called for an end to these repressive policies, yet the Iranian authorities persist in carrying them out.
With the continuation of the regime’s repressive policies and the rising wave of executions, concerns about escalating violence and the continuation of this trend in the new year have grown even more.
In their statement, they emphasized: “We, the members of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign, stand united, with one voice and with all our strength, against the inhumane death penalty. We call on all political parties, organizations, unions, activists, human rights defenders, civil groups, and justice seekers who care about ‘the right to life and human rights’ and oppose executions to take more practical and effective measures against executions in the new year. We hope that the year 1404 will mark the end of repression and executions and the beginning of freedom for Iran.”
