On Tuesday, November 19, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, in its 43rd consecutive statement, announced that the Iranian regime executed 28 people in the past week. Additionally, 18 individuals were executed on November 6.
The statement added that since October 22, the number of executions has exceeded 133, including three women and 13 Afghan nationals.
Authors of the statement, reporting from prisons across the country, warned that on the fifth anniversary of the November 2019 protests, the issuance and implementation of death sentences, particularly for youths arrested during the 2022 protests, have intensified, amplifying concerns over the rise in such inhumane actions.
The campaign expressed concern over the case of six defendants from the Ekbatan case. It announced that last week, six individuals, including Milad Armoon, Alireza Kafaei, Alireza Baramarzpoornak, Hossein Nemati, Navid Najaran, and Amir Mohammad Khosh Eghbal, were sentenced to death in a process fraught with contradictions and injustice.
The statement also revealed that a political prisoner named Mohammad Mehdi, arrested during the 2022 nationwide protests, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of Khorasan Razavi Province.
In another part of the statement, it mentioned that the Iranian regime executed Ahmad Alizadeh twice in Ghezel Hesar Prison in an inhumane act and publicly hanged another prisoner.
Furthermore, Ghafar Akbari died under torture in Malekan detention center, and Seyed Alireza Razavi was executed around 20 days ago in Ghezel Hesar Prison without informing his family.
The campaign urged the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Mai Sato, to act to save death row prisoners and hold those responsible for these executions accountable.
It also called on the public to unite and support the campaign, becoming the voice of those on death row.
The statement concluded by noting that while the Iranian regime has intensified repression and executions, prisoners in 25 prisons across the country continue to resist. Members of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign have protested through weekly hunger strikes for 43 consecutive weeks.
