UN human rights experts and international organizations express solidarity with the campaign as executions surge across Iran; at least 25 prisoners were executed in the first six days of Aban.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the statement marking the 145th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign highlighted a growing wave of support and solidarity from prominent international figures and institutions. It emphasized that the endorsement and participation of two UN human rights experts—Ms. Andrea Bolanos Vargas, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Ms. Ana Lorena Delgadillo, a member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances—as well as the condemnation of escalating executions by Alexis Anagnostakis, President of the Human Rights Committee of the European Criminal Bar Association, and the Human Rights Office of Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reflect the growing international revulsion toward the death penalty in Iran.
The era of medieval punishments is over. The international community, standing in solidarity with the Iranian people, is united in demanding the right to life, freedom, and human dignity.
Previously, other UN human rights experts, including Ms. Gina Romero and Mr. Leopoldo Maldonado, along with several other prominent figures, had also expressed their support for the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign.
At Least 25 Prisoners Executed in Six Days Across Iran
Nevertheless, the machinery of repression and execution continues to claim lives in Iran. In the first six days of Aban (October 23–28), at least 25 prisoners were executed. Twenty-two of them were hanged on October 27 and 28 alone.
Death Sentences Against Political Prisoners Must Be Condemned
The statement also addresses the continued issuance of death sentences against political prisoners by the regime’s judiciary. Emphasizing the urgent need to amplify protests against the brutal executions carried out by Iran’s clerical dictatorship, it states:
“Without defending the right to life, defending other human rights has no meaning. ‘No to Execution’ must be placed at the forefront of every demand, slogan, and protest movement. Our hopes rest with the courageous people of Iran.”
Prisoners Vow to Continue Their Resistance Against Executions
We, the prisoners participating in the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, declare that neither threats nor death sentences will silence our protests against this inhumane punishment.
We demand the immediate annulment of all death sentences and a complete halt to the machinery of execution in Iran.
Hunger Strike in 66 Prisons Across Iran in the 145th Week
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign staged hunger strikes in the following 66 prisons across Iran as part of their 145th consecutive week of protest:
- Qezel Hesar Prison (Units 2, 3, and 4)
- Evin Prison (women’s and men’s wards)
- Karaj Central Prison
- Fardis Prison in Karaj
- Greater Tehran Prison
- Qarchak Prison
- Khorin Prison in Varamin
- Chubindar Prison in Qazvin
- Ahar Prison
- Arak Prison
- Langarud Prison in Qom
- Khorramabad Prison
- Borujerd Prison
- Yasuj Prison
- Asadabad Prison in Isfahan
- Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan
- Sheyban Prison in Ahvaz
- Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz (women’s and men’s wards)
- Nezam Prison in Shiraz
- Adelabad Prison in Shiraz (women’s and men’s wards)
- Firuzabad Prison in Fars Province
- 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
- Birjand Central Prison
- Mashhad Prison
- Gorgan Prison
- Sabzevar Prison
- Gonbad-e Kavus Prison
- Qaemshahr Prison
- Rasht Prison (men’s and women’s wards)
- Rudsar Prison
- Haviq Prison in Talesh
- Azbaram Prison in Lahijan
- Dizelabad Prison in 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
- Ilam Prison
- Kerman Prison
- Borujen Prison
- Neyshabur Prison
- Gachsaran Prison
- Nur Prison
- Iranshahr Prison
- Bandar Abbas Prison
- Ziabar Prison in Sowme’eh Sara
- Darreh Shahr Prison in Ilam
- Meshginshahr Prison
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign continues its nationwide protest against the death penalty, demanding an end to executions and the defense of the right to life, freedom, and human dignity.
145th Week — November 3, 2026
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