On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, the prisoners’ hunger strike in protest against unjust executions across Iran entered its 122nd week. On this occasion, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign issued a statement calling on international human rights organizations to respond to the continued executions in Iran.
Full text of the statement by the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign
International human rights bodies must stand with the people of Iran in confronting the tragedy of executions
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Continuation of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign in its 122nd week across 56 different prisons
The wave of political executions continues. Since last week, two political prisoners and Kurdish compatriots, “Ramin Zeleh” and “Karim Yaghoubpour,” as well as another young man named “Abbas Akbari Fayzabadi,” who was among the January 2026 protesters, have been brutally hanged. Another prisoner, “Mojtaba Kian,” was executed on charges of espionage—charges that, as usual, led to these executions without fair trial rights.
According to received information, at least 72 people have been executed since March 21, more than 25 of whom were political-security prisoners. In addition to those mentioned, dozens and hundreds of unnamed prisoners in various prisons are also under death sentences.
In the past week, the death sentence of political prisoner Manouchehr Fallah in Lakan Prison in Rasht was reinstated after being overturned and then re-confirmed. In addition, the sentence of Rouhollah Karki in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, as well as the death sentences of political prisoners Milad Armon, Navid Najaran, Mehdi Imani, and Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini—defendants in the “Ekbatan Town” case—have been confirmed, and their lives are in grave danger.
In response to these executions, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has continued its resistance for 122 weeks inside prisons. This includes the women’s ward of Evin Prison, where inmates chant slogans every Tuesday in protest against executions and have consequently been banned from visits and deprived of phone contact with their families.
Modern Iranian history is full of resilient and revolutionary women who have sacrificed even their lives for change and have become immortal in the struggle for freedom and equality. In particular, over the past decade, during the December 2017 and January 2018 protests, November 2019 uprising, the 2022 “Jina uprising” (Mahsa Amini protests), and the January 2026 protests, women have been one of the main social forces in the frontline of struggle. The justice-seeking movement is filled with the names of women who have risen against executions and played a significant role in advancing the “No to Execution” movement.
In the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign as well, resilient women in various prisons have consistently raised the voice of freedom and the right to life. For this reason, the authorities cannot tolerate women’s voices, as misogyny has been one of the regime’s foundational pillars since its inception.
In the past week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, Amnesty International, and numerous human rights organizations have condemned the wave of executions in Iran and called for their immediate halt. In the same context, the European Parliament has also passed a resolution condemning the executions and the Iranian authorities’ targeted repression, calling for strong pressure on the authorities and urging governments to make any political engagement with Iran conditional on stopping death sentences.
We, the members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, once again call on international human rights organizations and all awakened consciences to use effective measures to prevent the continuation of inhumane executions, and to stand with the people of Iran in their demand for freedom, justice, and the abolition of the death penalty.
Members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign were on hunger strike on Tuesday, May 26, in its 122nd week, across 56 prisons in the country.
