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Iran Executes Over 1,000 in 2023; Death Row Inmates on Hunger Strike
The Islamic Republic of Iran has faced significant international criticism for its alarming rise in executions in 2023. According to the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Iran has carried out over 1,000 executions this year alone. This unprecedented execution spree translates to an average of nine executions daily, with individuals primarily accused of murder and drug-related offenses.
In October, around 1,500 Iranian death row prisoners, including 17 members of the dissident organization Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), initiated a hunger strike at Ghezel Hesar Prison to draw attention to their plight. This protest began on October 13 and has since spread to other prison wards, including the notorious Evin Prison.
UPDATE: 09:00 AM CEST
PMOI Resistance Units Escalate Struggle Amidst Record Wave of Executions in Iran
While the Iranian regime, under the direct order of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, unleashes an unprecedented wave of executions to terrorize the public and stifle dissent, its strategy is facing a powerful and organized backlash. Across the country, the PMOI Resistance Units are intensifying their activities, proving that the regime’s brutality is only hardening the people’s resolve to achieve freedom. Recent courageous actions in Zahedan exemplify this growing defiance, sending an unmistakable message that the Iranian people will not be silenced by the gallows and are more determined than ever to overthrow the ruling theocracy.
Tehran’s Morality Police Unveil Misogynistic Plan to Deploy 80,000 “Virtue Enforcers”
In a new display of moral policing, Tehran’s so-called “Virtue Headquarters” has announced plans to mobilize tens of thousands of enforcers to tighten control over women and the internet. As Iranian society simmers with anger and discontent, and the regime faces mounting internal and external crises, state-run media reported on October 17 that Rouhollah Momen-Nasab, secretary of Tehran’s so-called “Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” announced sweeping new enforcement plans. “The main priority of the headquarters is to train, organize, and deploy more than 80,000 ‘enforcers of virtue’ and 4,575 instructors and judicial officers,” he declared. “By activating these 80,000 trained forces, we can bring about a major transformation in the province.”
Death of Hassan Saedi Under Torture in Ahvaz Intelligence Detention Center
Only one day after his arrest, Hassan Saedi, a 34-year-old cultural activist from the Malashieh district of Ahvaz, died under torture at the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Ahvaz. Officials claimed the cause of death was “cardiac arrest,” but the family and people close to him confirmed that he was in perfect physical and mental health prior to his arrest and had no medical conditions whatsoever. In the early hours of Tuesday, October 13, security forces raided Saedi’s home in the Malashieh area of Ahvaz and severely beat him during arrest. Officers confiscated the family’s mobile phones to prevent news from spreading. Twenty-four hours later, the family was summoned to the Intelligence Office—known locally as “News Unit 113”—and told to collect his body. Despite several days passing since his death, the authorities have refused to release the body to the family and have threatened them with prosecution if they speak to media outlets or human rights organizations about the case.
Iran: Seasonal Migration of Baloch Children to Other Cities for Agricultural Work
“Delkhāh” still doesn’t know that her two sons, “Osman” and “Amir-Ali,” have died. She doesn’t know that her other two children, “Omar” and “Farahnāz,” are in the ICU fighting for their lives and in critical condition. She is unaware that the bones of both her legs are so badly shattered that she will need several surgeries and may never again wake up at five in the morning, call her children to go to the tomato and saffron fields so they won’t go hungry; even if she ever can, they will no longer be her two Baloch children working the land. On Sunday morning earlier this week (October 12, 2025), “Delkhāh” and “Hashem” got up early as usual; called the children and, together with five other workers, got into the truck of one of their colleagues and set off to pick tomatoes—until, in a month or two when saffron season arrives. But before they reached the Mashhad-Baghche toll station on the Farimān road, the truck hit chunks of concrete left on the road.
MEK Supporters Rally in Copenhagen: Defiant Stand for Ghezel Hesar’s Striking Prisoners
Copenhagen, Denmark – October 17, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) rallied to stand in solidarity with over 1,500 death-row inmates at Qezel Hesar Prison, who have been on a continuing hunger strike.
MEK Supporters Rally in Hamburg: Defiant Stand for Ghezel Hesar’s Striking Prisoners
Hamburg, Germany – October 17, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) rallied in to stand in solidarity with over 1,500 death-row inmates at Qezel Hesar Prison, who have been on a continuing hunger strike.
Iran’s Execution Crisis: 1,500 Death Row Prisoners Defy Regime in Sixth Day of Hunger Strike
In the shadow of Tehran’s sprawling prisons, a desperate cry for life echoes louder today: over 1,500 death-row inmates at Ghezel Hesar Prison have entered the sixth day of a mass hunger strike, protesting the Iranian regime’s relentless execution machine. Launched on October 12, 2025, this unprecedented act of defiance— the largest collective protest in Iranian prisons in recent memory—unites political dissidents and ordinary convicts in a unified demand: “No to executions!” As the strikers weaken from denied food and medical care, regime officials escalate threats of solitary confinement and imminent hangings, turning the prison into a battleground of wills. The hunger strike erupted amid a horrifying surge in state-sanctioned killings. Since the start of 2025, Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) has documented more than 1,200 executions, including protesters, ethnic minorities, and political prisoners subjected to sham trials marred by torture and forced confessions.
Iran’s Mental Health Crisis Reflects a Deeper Political and Social Breakdown
Officials’ rare admissions reveal a nation under psychological and economic strain as regime policies prioritize survival over citizens’ wellbeing. After more than four decades under clerical rule, Iran’s society is showing unmistakable signs of exhaustion. Recent remarks from regime officials and state-affiliated media reveal what many Iranians experience daily — a nation gripped by anxiety, economic hardship, and deep social disillusionment. According to a report by the state-run Etemad newspaper (October 14), the government itself has acknowledged that “Iranian society is anxious” and that “the public’s resilience against pressure has weakened.” These admissions, coming from within the regime’s own institutions, point to a mounting mental health crisis across the country.