St Helens, UK — 20 October 2026: Members of the Academics in Exile Association in the UK, who support the Iranian Resistance (NCRI), organized a book table and photo exhibition to raise public awareness of the Iranian regime’s escalating wave of executions, systematic repression, and severe human rights violations. Their message was clear: Stop Executions in Iran!

The public response was powerful. People expressed solidarity with the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom, democracy, justice, and a secular republic. Many also signed petitions calling on the United Nations and the international community to take concrete action against executions and to support the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations.

Academics in Exile members and NCRI supporters took to St Helen's streets with a clear message: Stop executions in #Iran ! TUSDAY 20 Oct 2026

Our book table and photo exhibition exposed human rights abuses, winning public solidarity and signatures urging the UN and… pic.twitter.com/NZwQ5CrARq

— Academics In Exile Association (@iranianacademic) October 21, 2026

Through photographs, publications, and personal testimonies, the organizers sought to highlight the human cost of repression in Iran and the suffering endured by ordinary people. They also emphasized their continued determination to reject all forms of dictatorship, whether monarchical or theocratic