The 92nd week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign continues in 54 prisons across Iran. With the prisons of Ilam and Borujerd joining the campaign last week, the number of prisons participating in the hunger strike of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” movement has reached 54.
In this week’s statement of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, referring to the confirmation of death sentences for Manouchehr Fallah and Ehsan Faridi and the issuance of death sentences for Kavous Abdollahzadeh and Zahra Tabari, it states:
“These cruel sentences are a clear attempt to instill fear in society and silence the voices of freedom-loving people of Iran.”
The political prisoners emphasized in this statement that the people are standing firm against this machinery of death and intimidation.
The full text of the 92nd weekly statement of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is as follows:
Expansion of “No to Execution Tuesdays” to 54 prisons in the 92nd week with the joining of the Borujerd Brick Factory Prison and Ilam Prison
As we pass the 92nd week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, the repressive and execution-driven regime recorded 283 executions in the month of Mehr 1404 (September–October 2025) — making it the bloodiest month in decades. In this month alone, seven political prisoners, seven women, and two child offenders were executed.
Since last Tuesday, 59 executions, including two women, have been recorded. This wave of executions has coincided with the issuance and confirmation of new death sentences against political prisoners, including Kurdish political prisoner Kavous Abdollahzadeh and Zahra Tabari in Lakan Prison in Rasht, as well as the reconfirmation of death sentences for Manouchehr Fallah and Ehsan Faridi by the Supreme Court.
Last week, Evin Prison officials and security forces attempted to transfer Ehsan Afrashteh from Evin Prison for execution, but the move was met with resistance from fellow inmates. There remains a constant threat of his imminent transfer for the implementation of the death sentence.
“These cruel sentences are a clear attempt to instill fear in society and silence the voices of freedom-loving people of Iran. This tyrannical regime, for more than 46 years, through corruption and the plundering of the oppressed people’s wealth — which continues to this day — has dragged the nation into death and destruction and now clings to execution as a tool for its survival.”
But the people have stood firm against this machinery of death and intimidation. The prisons of Borujerd and Ilam have now joined those that, in the heart of darkness, keep the flame of protest alive. By joining the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, they send the voice of resistance from behind prison walls to the world. This week, the brave and bereaved families of those sentenced to death gathered in front of the parliament, chanting “No to Execution,” showing that no power can extinguish the flame of love for freedom and the right to life in this land.
We, the members of this campaign, once again declare:
Execution is a criminal tool for the survival of tyrannical regimes.
No religious or political justification can legitimize the deprivation of human life. Every execution is a new wound on the body of society and a sign of the failure of law, human dignity, and justice.
We demand the immediate halt of all executions, the annulment of all death sentences, and unconditional access for international human rights organizations to prisons and prisoners in Iran.
On Tuesday, October 28, political prisoners in fifty-four prisons across the country are on hunger strike.
