{"id":329169,"date":"2025-03-04T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329169"},"modified":"2025-03-06T21:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:27:58","slug":"iran-protests-miandoab-prison-joins-58th-week-of-nationwide-hunger-strike-against-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-miandoab-prison-joins-58th-week-of-nationwide-hunger-strike-against-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests: Miandoab Prison Joins 58th Week of Nationwide Hunger Strike Against Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gohardasht Prison in Iran, renamed Rajaee Shahr Prison by the regime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the Iranian regime escalates its execution spree, prisoners across 38 prisons have joined the 58th week of the \u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays\u201d campaign<\/a>, protesting the surge in state-sanctioned killings. This week, Miandoab Prison in East Azerbaijan Province became the latest to join the movement, with inmates announcing a hunger strike in defiance of the government\u2019s brutal use of the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Since February 19, the regime has executed 85 people, including 53 in the past week alone, with 24 of them belonging to the persecuted Kurdish and Baluch communities. One prisoner was even publicly hanged in Esfarayen, a chilling reminder of the regime\u2019s strategy to instill fear.<\/p>\n

The prisoners\u2019 hunger strike is part of a broader movement involving human rights defenders, families of victims, and activists across Iran and the world, calling for an immediate halt to executions. The regime\u2019s use of capital punishment has intensified, particularly before Nowruz, plunging families into mourning.<\/p>\n

The growing participation in the prison hunger strikes signals mounting resistance against the state\u2019s repression as international pressure mounts for urgent action to stop Iran\u2019s execution machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A translated version of the statement of the \u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays\u201d Campaign follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays\u201d Campaign<\/a> Continues in 38 Prisons in Its 58th Week with the Addition of Miandoab Prison<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime has executed 85 people in just the first two weeks of the month of Esfand on the Persian calendar (February 19 \u2013 March 5, 2024). In the past week alone, at least 53 individuals were executed, including 24 Kurdish and Baluch citizens. Additionally, one person was brutally hanged in public in Esfarayen.<\/p>\n

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Det iranske pr\u00e6stestyre henretter omkring 1000 mennesker om \u00e5ret. Mennesker som ofte kun har gjort sig skyld i at yde modstand mod dette regimes undertrykkelse af sin egen befolkning. Det har jeg ofte protesteret imod.<\/p>\n

I dag har jeg s\u00e5 besluttet at oprette et politisk faderskab\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2D6eHlMNdf<\/a><\/p>\n

— Per Clausen (@PerClausen3) March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n