On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign marked its 58th consecutive week, expanding its reach to 38 prisons across Iran with the recent inclusion of Miandoab Prison in East Azerbaijan Province. Inmates participating in this campaign engage in weekly hunger strikes every Tuesday to protest the Iranian regime’s extensive use of the death penalty.
Miandoab Prison joins “No to Execution Tuesdays” in its 58th week across 38 Iran prisons. 53 executed last week amid 85 since Feb 19. Campaign condemns regime’s violence, calls for global action to stop executions#StopExecutionsInIran #FreeIran2025 pic.twitter.com/Cp6K6Ycsic
— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) March 4, 2025
The campaign’s latest statement highlights a disturbing surge in executions: 85 individuals were executed between February 19 and March 3, 2025, with at least 53 executions occurring in the past week alone. Among those executed were 24 Kurdish and Baluch citizens, and a public hanging took place in Esfarayen. These actions, especially as Nowruz approaches, have plunged numerous families into mourning and are perceived as attempts by the regime to instill fear and maintain control through repression and violence.
Members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign will be on hunger strike on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the following 38 prisons:
- Evin Prison (Women’s Ward, Wards 4 and 8)
- Ghezel Hesar Prison (Units 3 and 4)
- Karaj Central Prison
- Greater Tehran Prison
- Khurin Varamin Prison
- Chubindar Qazvin Prison
- Arak Prison
- Khorramabad Prison
- Asadabad Isfahan Prison
- Dastgerd Isfahan Prison
- Sheyban Ahvaz Prison
- Sepidar Ahvaz Prison
- Shiraz Nezam Prison
- Adel Abad Shiraz Prison (Women’s and Men’s Wards)
- Borazjan Prison
- Ramhormoz Prison
- Bam Prison
- Kahnuj Prison
- Tabas Prison
- Joveyn Prison
- Mashhad Prison
- Gonbad Kavus Prison
- Qaemshahr Prison
- Rasht Prison (Men’s and Women’s Wards)
- Rudsar Prison
- Haviq Talesh Prison
- Diesel Abad Kermanshah Prison
- Ardabil Prison
- Tabriz Prison
- Urmia Prison
- Salmas Prison
- Khoy Prison
- Naqadeh Prison
- Saqqez Prison
- Baneh Prison
- Marivan Prison
- Kamyaran Prison
- Miandoab Prison