76th Week of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Sees Nationwide Hunger Strikes in 47 Prisons

On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the 76th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign took place with prisoners in 47 prisons across Iran launching hunger strikes and issuing a joint statement denouncing the intensifying wave of executions and systemic repression.

The statement highlights the execution of at least 24 people during the first ten days of the Iranian month of Tir (starting June 22, 2025), noting these acts were carried out without fair and public trials, and often without being publicly reported by state media.

The prisoners also condemned the issuance of 12 death sentences against five Kurdish political prisoners—Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, Pejman Soltani, Sooran Ghasemi, Kaveh Salehi, and Teyfour Salimi Babamiri—who were arrested during the 2022 uprising. These sentences, handed down in closed and unjust proceedings, are described as a violation of fundamental rights and international legal standards.

In the statement, participants begin by commemorating the July 1999 student uprising, recognizing it as a pivotal moment in the ongoing struggle for justice and democracy in Iran. They link it to successive waves of protest in 2009, 2017, 2019, and 2022, all of which express the people’s enduring resistance against authoritarian rule.

Since the start of the Persian calendar year 1404 (March 21, 2025), at least 428 executions have been documented, reflecting the regime’s escalating brutality. This week also witnessed further state violence: security forces killed two young men in Hamedan, and an armed attack targeting women in the village of Gonich (near Khash) resulted in the death of two local women. Protesters cited these incidents as evidence of the regime’s deep-seated misogyny and its fear of social dissent.

The statement also references remarks made by UN Special Rapporteur Mai Sato, who condemned Iran’s use of regional instability to justify repression of ethnic and religious minorities and called for international accountability.

The campaign calls on the global community, including human rights groups and individual advocates, to act urgently to stop executions and demand access to prisons. It also draws attention to the precarious condition of dual-national prisoners like Ahmadreza Djalali, who remains at risk of execution after years of unjust imprisonment.

🚨 “No to Execution Tuesdays” – Week 76

Since June 21, 24 people have been executed. The death toll for 1404 now stands at 428.

The campaign warns: this is only a fraction of the regime’s systematic crimes.#NoToExecution pic.twitter.com/4xUwFCfPL8

— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) July 8, 2025

In solidarity and resistance, prisoners in the following 47 prisons across Iran are participating in hunger strikes for Week 76 of the campaign:

• Qezel Hesar Prison (Units 3 and 4)

• Karaj Central Prison

• Fardis Prison, Karaj

• Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary

• Qarchak Prison

• Khorein Prison, Varamin

• Choobindar Prison, Qazvin

• Ahar Prison

• Arak Prison

• Khorramabad Prison

• Yasuj Prison

• Asadabad Prison, Isfahan

• Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan

• Sheyban Prison, Ahvaz

• Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz (Men’s and Women’s Wards)

• Nezam Prison, Shiraz

• Adelabad Prison, Shiraz (Men’s and Women’s Wards)

• Firouzabad Prison, Fars

• Zahedan Prison (Women’s Ward)

• Borazjan Prison

• Ramhormoz Prison

• Behbahan Prison

• Bam Prison

• Kahnouj Prison

• Tabas Prison

• Mashhad Prison

• Gonbad-e Kavus Prison

• Qaemshahr Prison

• Rasht Prison (Men’s and Women’s Wards)

• Roudsar Prison

• Haviq Prison, Talesh

• Ezbaram Prison, Lahijan

• Dieselabad Prison, Kermanshah

• 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

Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Week 76 of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign