The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has entered its 113th week with unwavering resolve, as political prisoners continue their widespread hunger strike across 56 prisons nationwide. In their latest statement, the striking prisoners extended their warmest congratulations to the Iranian people on the occasions of Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr. They paid special tribute to the families of the martyrs from the recent January uprising and to all those who were sent to the gallows over the past year by the oppressive regime of the mullahs. The campaign members expressed their profound hope that the new year will culminate in the liberation of the country and the establishment of an Iran entirely free of torture chambers and arbitrary executions.
Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 110th Week
The prisoners highlighted the dark human rights record of the Iranian regime, which ruthlessly executed over 2,650 citizens across the country in just the past twelve months. They specifically pointed to the heinous crime committed on the eve of Nowruz, when authorities unjustly executed three brave youths of the uprising—Mehdi Ghasemi, Saeed Davoudi, and Saleh Mohammadi—in the city of Qom. The campaign emphasized that these criminal practices are solely designed to instill fear in the hearts of the public in a desperate attempt to extinguish the blazing fire of internal resistance.
The striking detainees issued an urgent humanitarian appeal to the United Nations and the international community, demanding real pressure on the Iranian regime to halt its killing machine and protect the fundamental rights of prisoners. The statement warned of the unknown fate facing newly arrested protesters who were thrown into dungeons during the recent months. These individuals are enduring the most brutal forms of torture hidden from the world’s eyes, exacerbated by a complete internet blackout, placing their lives in imminent danger of execution. The campaign reiterated its core demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
The prisoners also drew attention to their worsening plight and the multiplying threats to their lives amid the atmosphere of war and regional tensions, compounded by the deliberate denial of medical care and severe food shortages used as an additional tool of suppression. The statement referenced the recent tragedy at Chabahar prison, where guards responded with live ammunition to prisoners protesting against starvation and lack of supplies, resulting in dozens of casualties. The strikers clarified that the regime’s deliberate communication blackout was the direct reason behind the delay in publishing the campaign’s statements over the past two weeks, exposing a desperate attempt to isolate them from the outside world.
This ongoing campaign embodies the highest form of internal resistance and legendary steadfastness, as prisoners boldly defy their executioners with empty stomachs across a vast and extensive list of facilities. The participants bravely continuing this strike are held in Evin Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Ghezel Hesar Prison (Units 2, 3, and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Fardis Karaj Prison, Greater Tehran Prison, Qarchak Prison, Khorin Varamin Prison, Choubindar Qazvin Prison, Ahar Prison, Arak Prison, Langaroud Qom Prison, Khorramabad Prison, Borujerd Prison, Yasuj Prison, Asadabad Isfahan Prison, Dastgerd Isfahan Prison, Sheiban Ahvaz Prison, Sepidar Ahvaz Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Nezam Shiraz Prison, Adelabad Shiraz Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Firouzabad Fars Prison, Dehdasht Prison, Zahedan Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Borazjan Prison, Ramhormoz Prison, Behbahan Prison, Bam Prison, Yazd Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Kahnouj Prison, Tabas Prison, Birjand Central Prison, Mashhad Prison, Gorgan Prison, Sabzevar Prison, Gonbad-e Kavus Prison, Qaemshahr Prison, Rasht Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Rudsar Prison, Haviq Talesh Prison, Azbaram Lahijan Prison, Dieselabad Kermanshah Prison, Ardabil Prison, Tabriz Prison, Urmia Prison, Salmas Prison, Khoy Prison, Naqadeh Prison, Miandoab Prison, Mahabad Prison, Bukan Prison, Saqqez Prison, Baneh Prison, Marivan Prison, Sanandaj Prison, Kamyaran Prison, and Ilam Prison. This courageous stand from behind bars proves to the entire world that the will of the resistance is stronger than any chains, and that the Iranian people will continue their independent, internal struggle until the absolute downfall of the dictatorship.
