“No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign: 350 people executed in Iran in a month

The “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign was launched on January 9, 2023, to protest executions in Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iran. As part of the campaign, prisoners continue to stage hunger strikes every Tuesday to express their opposition to the death penalty.

Members of the campaign, in the 109th week of their protest, went on hunger strike in 56 different prisons across the country once again to declare their firm opposition to the issuance and implementation of death sentences.

According to the statement marking the 109th week, the Iranian regime executed more than 350 people in the month of Bahman (January 21 – February 20), which shows a five-fold increase in execution statistics compared to Bahman of last year.

While expressing solidarity with university students and the families of the victims of the uprising, the prisoners warned of a five-fold increase in execution statistics over the past month and the issuance of death sentences for detained protesters. Emphasizing the critical conditions in prisons and the deprivation of defendants of fair trials, activists partaking in the campaign called on international bodies to take immediate action to halt the executions and save the lives of prisoners.

The statement said: “The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign calls upon international and human rights communities and awakened human consciences to be the voice of the captive prisoners and the people of Iran and not allow the lives of the children of this land to be taken by criminal oppressors. We call upon the general families of the detainees to widely disseminate information regarding the condition of their imprisoned children. Raise your voices; this is the only way to confront the pressures of this dictatorial sovereignty.”

The detention centers where inmates are participating in the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign are as follows:

Evin Prison (Women’s and Men’s wards), Qezelhesar Prison (Units 2, 3, and 4), Central Karaj Prison, Fardis Karaj Prison, Greater Tehran Prison, Qarchak Prison, Khorin Varamin Prison, Chubin Dar Qazvin Prison, Ahar Prison, Arak Prison, Langerud 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), Firuzabad 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), Kahnuj Prison, Tabas Prison, Central Birjand Prison, Vakilabad Mashhad Prison, Gorgan Prison, Sabzevar Prison, Gonbad-e Kavus Prison, Qaem Shahr Prison, Rasht Prison (Men’s and Women’s wards), Rudsar Prison, Haviq Talesh Prison, Azbaram Lahijan Prison, Dizelabad 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, Kamiaran Prison, and Ilam Prison.