The one hundred and first week of the “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign is continuing with hunger strikes by prisoners in fifty-five prisons across Iran. This number, beyond a simple statistic, has become a symbol of steadfastness, courage, and belief in human dignity. One hundred and one weeks of resistance under harsh and exhausting conditions shows that even in the narrowest prison wards, the flame of hope can be kept alive and the voice of justice-seeking cannot be silenced.
The full text of the statement of the one hundred and first week of the “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign is as follows:
At Least 1,922 Executions in Iran in 2025, Nearly Double Compared to 2024
Continuation of the “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign in its one hundred and first week in fifty-five different prisons, coinciding with strikes and protests by Tehran’s bazaar merchants
The “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign extends its congratulations on Chirstmas and the New Year to all Christians and wishes freedom and liberation for all our compatriots who are subjected to repression and oppression by the ruling religious dictatorship in our country. In the words of Jesus Christ:
“And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul.” KJV
As we enter the one hundred and first No To Executions Tuesday, Tehran’s bazaar merchants have, since Sunday, December 28, launched strikes and protests against the injustice and oppression of the regime. These protests have taken on broad dimensions and have spread to some other cities as well.
In these critical days, the executioner government, in order to prevent the escalation of popular uprisings, has intensified repression and executions. In recent days, it has issued the inhuman death sentences of two Kurdish political prisoners, Mehrab Abdollahzadeh in Urmia Prison and Younes Bakhshi in Mahabad Prison. Since December 22, it has executed more than 96 people, including one imprisoned woman, in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
While expressing gratitude and appreciation to all the families and supporters who backed the one hundredth week of this campaign, the “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign calls for greater support for the “No to the Death Penalty” campaign, so that the blade of repression and execution may be blunted more and more, and the groundwork for abolishing the inhuman death sentence may be prepared.
Political prisoners who are members of the “No To Executions Tuesdays” campaign are on hunger strike on Tuesday, December 30, during the one hundred and first week, in fifty-five prisons across the country.
