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Widespread Hunger Strikes and Protest Mark Week 76 of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Across Iran

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76th Week of No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign in 47 Prisons Across Iran

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.

Five Kurdish political prisoners in Iran

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.

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

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

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