A Call to Support Hunger-Striking Prisoners and Take Immediate Action to Halt Executions in Iran
On Monday, July 27, 2026, the hunger strike of 1,500 death-row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison entered its third week. Although 15 days have passed since the start of this hunger strike, the henchmen of the regime’s judiciary have given no response to the striking prisoners. Despite the prisoners’ deteriorating physical condition and urgent need for medical attention, prison guards have taken no measures to care for them.
Highlighting that more inmates face execution every day, the striking prisoners urged the public, human rights organizations, and international bodies to take action to halt the executions, emphasizing, “Today is the time to act; tomorrow might be too late.”
Coinciding with the start of the strike’s third week, prison henchmen have carried out widespread transfers in Ghezel Hesar to increase pressure on the strikers and isolate them. This included transferring approximately 140 non-death-row prisoners from Unit 2 to Hall 3 of Unit 1 yesterday (Sunday, July 26). The prisoners’ families have expressed deep concern that the purpose of these transfers is to impose even harsher restrictions on the hunger strikers.
The Iranian Resistance once again calls on the United Nations and its relevant bodies, all human rights organizations, the European Union, and its member states to support the striking prisoners and to take immediate, effective action to halt the brutal executions in Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
27 July 2026