The 81st week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign was held on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, in 49 prisons across the country. Prisoners in 49 prisons are on a hunger strike as part of this 81st campaign.
In the statement of the 81st week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, highlighting the rise in executions, the families of death-row prisoners were urged to publicize their loved ones’ death sentences and to hold protest gatherings against these executions.
The text of the statement by prisoners participating in the 81st “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is as follows:
Hunger strike of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign in its 81st week across 49 different prisons
While executions and repression in Iran have escalated, and following the transfer of political prisoners from Greater Tehran Prison to Evin Prison, five political prisoners previously sentenced to death—Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Akbar (Shahrokh) Daneshvarkar, and Mohammad Taghavi—were suddenly abducted and moved to Ghezel Hesar Prison. Amnesty International has strongly condemned this.
Additionally, two security-related prisoners, Babak Shahbazi and Omid Tabari Moghadam, were also transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison after being beaten. This repressive move is part of an intensified crackdown on political prisoners and the unprecedented increase in executions in the country.
According to reports, a Baluch political prisoner named Amer Porki Baloughzehi has been transferred to solitary confinement in Zahedan Prison for the implementation of his death sentence, and his life is in danger. On August 6 alone, 20 people were executed. Even more shocking, since the start of August, over 110 people have been executed in Iran.
But in the face of this wave of executions, the resistance of prisoners and the public continues. Shopkeepers and the brave people of the city of Semirom shut down the market and their shops in protest against the death sentences of two brothers, Fazel and Mehran Bahramian, making their opposition heard by all.
Transfer of 5 Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death to Ghezel Hesar Prison
We call on all families of death-row prisoners:
- Do not conceal the issuance of death sentences against your children and relatives; publicize them widely.
2. Gather in public places to raise your voice against these inhumane sentences.
The “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign calls on people across Iran and the world to stand with these families and, using every means and tool available, rise up against the execution machinery in Iran. Only through uprising, steadfastness, courage, and a loud collective voice can this death cycle be ended.
In the 81st week of the “No To Execution Tuesdays” campaign, members of this campaign will be on a hunger strike on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, in 49 prisons.
