{"id":328977,"date":"2025-02-25T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=328977"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:05:33","slug":"iran-protests-no-to-executions-tuesdays-enters-57th-week-expands-to-37-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-no-to-executions-tuesdays-enters-57th-week-expands-to-37-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests: “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign Enters 57th Week, Expands to 37 Prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The outer perimeter of Chubindar Prison in Qazvin, north-central Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iran\u2019s “No to Executions Tuesdays”<\/a> campaign has entered its 57th week, growing to include 37 prisons nationwide, with Chubindar Prison in Qazvin as the latest to join. Amid a surge in state executions, prisoners across Iran announced a hunger strike on February 25, 2025, demanding an end to the rampant use of the death penalty by the regime.<\/p>\n

The strike follows a dramatic increase in executions, with 17 hangings carried out in just two days, including 10 at Ghezel Hesar Prison<\/a>. Additionally, three prisoners died last week due to deliberate medical neglect, fueling further outrage. Political prisoners such as Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani are now at imminent risk of execution after Iran\u2019s Supreme Court denied their retrials.<\/p>\n

Activists warn that the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary, now led by Jafar Montazeri, has become a tool of oppression, fast-tracking unjust death sentences. The campaign calls for global solidarity to oppose state-led executions and pressure the regime to halt its use of capital punishment.<\/p>\n

Excerpts of the statement<\/a> from the No to Executions Tuesdays campaign follows below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Continuation of the \u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays\u201d Campaign in 37 Prisons Across Iran in Its 57th Week, with Chubindar Prison in Qazvin Joining<\/h4>\n

The clerical dictatorship has escalated executions following its official state ceremonies in February. In just two days, on February 20 and 21, 2025, 17 prisoners were executed, 10 of them hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison alone.<\/p>\n

However, state-sanctioned killings are not limited to executions. Last week, three prisoners lost their lives in Urmia, Lajevardi-Iranshahr, and Dehdasht prisons due to deliberate medical neglect. This ongoing crisis endangers countless other inmates and constitutes nothing less than systematic murder by the regime.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd34 Iran: 56th Week of "No to Execution Tuesdays" Expands to 36 Prisons<\/p>\n

On Feb 18, prisoners in 36 Iranian prisons launched a hunger strike against state executions.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udce2 In their statement, they condemned 55 executions since Jan 20 and the death A. M Khaleghi. #FreeIran2025<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/vPbSgmfUcD<\/a><\/p>\n

— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) February 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n