The one hundred and second week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign continues under conditions in which prisoners’ hunger strikes in fifty-five prisons have become intertwined with street protests. This collective resistance has turned into a clear symbol of courage, human dignity, and insistence on the right to life. One hundred and two weeks of resistance under harsh and exhausting conditions show that even in the most restricted spaces, hope can be kept alive and the demand for justice cannot be silenced.
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This conscious action has gone beyond prison walls and now calls on society for active solidarity and responsibility. “No to executions” today is no longer merely a slogan; rather, it is a human demand that has gained the capacity to become a national and global call.
The full text of the statement for the one hundred and second week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign is presented below:
The continuation of the “No to Executions Tuesday” campaign in its one hundred and second week in fifty-five different prisons
In the one hundred and second week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, at the beginning of the year 2026, the execution-oriented Iranian regime, over the past year [2025], has hanged more than 2,200 of our fellow citizens on gallows alone, nineteen of whom were political and ideological prisoners. This week as well, political prisoner Seyed Mohammad Mousavi from Shadegan, held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, has been sentenced to death and added to the list of dozens of other political prisoners, each of whose lives is in danger.
The religious fascist regime ruling Iran has also executed 167 people, including one woman, from December 22, 2025, up to now.
This week, we are on hunger strike while the people of Iran, protesting catastrophic economic and political conditions, have taken to protests, gatherings, and strikes for the tenth consecutive day, with their main demand being the overthrow of this despotic regime. A regime that for forty-seven years has subjected the people to oppression and tyranny and assaulted their lives and livelihoods. We, the members of this campaign, while saluting and honoring the memory of those who lost their lives in this nationwide uprising, declare our solidarity with the courageous and freedom-seeking people and stand by them to the end. Neither direct gunfire at young people, nor the arrest of students, nor torture and forced confessions from protesters can silence the voice of justice-seeking. Undoubtedly, the outcome of these struggles, after years of dictatorial oppression, will be the realization of freedom, equality, and democracy for all Iranians.
Political prisoners participating in the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign are on hunger strike on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in the one hundred and second week, across fifty-five prisons in Iran.
