{"id":77858,"date":"2025-08-26T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=77858"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:55:05","slug":"eighty-three-weeks-of-no-to-execution-tuesdays-hunger-strikes-in-50-prisons-across-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/08\/eighty-three-weeks-of-no-to-execution-tuesdays-hunger-strikes-in-50-prisons-across-iran\/77858\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighty-Three Weeks of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d: Hunger Strikes in 50 Prisons Across Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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83rd Week of the No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign in Iran \u2013 August 26, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays<\/a>\u201d campaign reached its 83rd consecutive week<\/a>. Prisoners in 50 facilities across Iran joined the protest through hunger strikes. This week, Dehdasht Prison became the newest participant\u2014a stark reminder that no part of Iran is safe from the shadow of execution.<\/p>\n

Expansion of the 83rd Week Protest to 50 Prisons<\/h3>\n

The campaign\u2019s latest statement denounced the ongoing surge in executions. It declared that:<\/p>\n

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    Execution offers no solution.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Execution violates the fundamental right to life.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Execution serves only to instill fear and entrench political repression.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Shocking Rise in Executions<\/h3>\n

    In the Iranian month of Mordad (July\u2013August), 166 people were executed. Within just one week, 31 more\u2014including one woman\u2014were hanged. Two executions, in Kordkuy and Beyram Larestan, were carried out publicly. These actions aim to intimidate society and normalize violence.<\/p>\n

    Prisoners in Dehdasht joined the protest in its 83rd week. Their participation highlights that the threat of execution touches every corner of the country.<\/p>\n

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    Dehdasht Prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Erasure of Memory and International Condemnation<\/h3>\n

    Another alarming event has sparked outrage: the conversion of Section 41 of Behesht Zahra<\/a> Cemetery into a parking lot. This site holds the graves of thousands of political prisoners from the 1980s. Amnesty International condemned the move, calling it an insult to victims\u2019 families and an attempt to erase evidence of state crimes.<\/p>\n

    Global Call to Action<\/h3>\n

    The campaign urges all international organizations, human rights defenders, and people of conscience to oppose this cycle of death and amplify the voices of Iranians protesting executions.<\/p>\n

    List of 50 Participating Prisons<\/h3>\n

    As part of the 83rd week, hunger strikes took place in these prisons:<\/p>\n

    Evin; Qezel Hesar (Units 3 and 4); Karaj Central; Fardis Karaj; Greater Tehran; Qarchak; Khorin Varamin; Choubindar Qazvin; Ahar; Arak; Khorramabad; Yasuj; Asadabad Isfahan; Dastgerd Isfahan; Sheiban Ahvaz; Sepidar Ahvaz (men\u2019s and women\u2019s wards); Nezam Shiraz; Adelabad Shiraz (men\u2019s and women\u2019s wards); Firouzabad Fars; Zahedan (women\u2019s ward); Borazjan; Ramhormoz; Behbahan; Bam; Yazd; Kahnuj; Tabas; Mashhad; Gonbad-e Kavus; Qaemshahr; Rasht (men\u2019s and women\u2019s wards); Rudsar; Haviq Talesh; Ezbaram Lahijan; Dizelabad Kermanshah; Ardabil; Tabriz; Urmia; Salmas; Khoy; Naqadeh; Miandoab; Mahabad; Boukan; Saqqez; Baneh; Marivan; Sanandaj; Kamyaran; and Dehdasht.<\/p>\n

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    Week 83 of #NoToExecutionTuesdays<\/a>
    50 prisons, including Dehdasht prison, joined this week\u2019s hunger strike across Iran.
    \ud83d\udd34 166 executions in one month
    \ud83d\udd34 31 executed last week, including a woman
    \ud83d\udd34 Public hangings in Kordkuy & Beyram
    \ud83d\udd34 Dehdasht Prison joins for the first time
    \ud83d\udd34\u2026     pic.twitter.com\/sqpbUL6f0u<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n