Prisoners participating in the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign in 25 prisons across the country went on hunger strike on Tuesday, December 3, marking the 45th week of the campaign.
In a statement, they highlighted the execution of over 28 prisoners in the past week and emphasized their commitment to continuing the campaign.
A portion of the statement reads: “As usual, the government’s execution machine of crime and oppression continues its killings unabated. Since last Tuesday, over 28 individuals, including two juvenile offenders, have been hanged in various prisons. According to published reports, the total number of executions since March 21 has reached approximately 743.”
The statement continues: “In recent days, the judiciary issued a death sentence against a political prisoner named Mehrab Abdollahzadeh in Urmia prison, detained since 2022. Additionally, six political prisoners in Evin Prison have been sentenced to death on charges of rebellion.”
The names of these political prisoners are: Vahid Bani-Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Ali-Akbar Daneshvar, Abolhasan Montazer, and Mohammad Taghavi. They are supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
These death sentences come just weeks after similar rulings were issued against six political prisoners known as the “Ekbatan Kids.”
The political prisoners asserted that these sentences and brutal crackdowns will not go unanswered, and the brave men and women of Iran, as proven in the past, will not be intimidated and will act more resolutely for freedom and liberation.
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, aimed at opposing the inhumane death penalty for any charge, views the right to life as inherent to human dignity and calls for the abolition of executions and an end to violence and repression in Iran.
The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign calls on all human rights organizations and authorities to take immediate and effective action to save the lives of prisoners and secure the release of all political detainees. Perpetrators and instigators of these crimes must be held accountable before justice.
The political prisoners expressed their support for the protests of various social groups and called for the continuation of these demonstrations against the Iranian regime.
The political prisoners’ hunger strike campaign began in February 2024 with political detainees in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, later joined by prisoners from other facilities.
