{"id":330466,"date":"2025-04-13T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330466"},"modified":"2025-04-13T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:28:09","slug":"over-1000-french-mayors-call-for-halt-to-executions-in-iran-support-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/over-1000-french-mayors-call-for-halt-to-executions-in-iran-support-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 French Mayors Call for Halt to Executions in Iran, Support Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330467\" style=\"width: 1344px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city.jpg\" alt=\"AI-generated photo of a French flag with a French city in the background\" width=\"1344\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-735x420.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ai-generated-french-flag-city-1068x610.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AI-generated photo of a French flag with a city in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 1,000 French mayors have signed a joint declaration urging the immediate cessation of executions in Iran, citing the alarming surge in death sentences under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-masoud-pezeshkian\/\">Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>\u2019s administration. The statement, published with the support of the Committee of French Mayors for a Democratic Iran and the Committee for the Support of Human Rights in Iran, expresses grave concern over what it calls a \u201cpolitically motivated use of the death penalty to instill fear and suppress dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mayors explicitly backed Mrs. Maryam Rajavi\u2019s call for the abolition of capital punishment and referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her Ten-Point Plan<\/a>, which advocates for justice, democracy, and the end of executions in a future free Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn Iran, executions are not just acts of punishment\u2014they are instruments of repression,\u201d the statement warns, citing the execution of protester Reza Rasaei, arrested during the November 2022 protests in Shahriar, as a stark example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The declaration also referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/countries\/iran\/20240717-SR-Iran-Findings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">findings by UN Special Rapporteur<\/a> Professor Javaid Rehman, who described the regime\u2019s treatment of members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)\u2014including mass executions, torture, and inhumane acts\u2014as crimes against humanity and potentially acts of genocide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00ab\u00a0Mille maires fran\u00e7ais contre la tyrannie du r\u00e9gime iranien \u00bb <\/p>\n<p>Conf\u00e9rence contre les ex\u00e9cutions massives en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> organis\u00e9e par le <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNRIFrance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNRIFrance<\/a> \u00e0 la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mairie5Paris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mairie5Paris<\/a> en pr\u00e9sence d\u2019Ingrid Betancourt et de Gilbert Mitterrand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 quelques pas du <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panth%C3%A9on?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Panth\u00e9on<\/a> o\u00f9 l\u2019abolition de la peine de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFd6mEGpu2\">pic.twitter.com\/wFd6mEGpu2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udce3Ella Kelian (@EllaKelian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllaKelian\/status\/1910961649504178453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/04\/global-recorded-executions-hit-their-highest-figure-since-2015\/#:~:text=Iraq%20almost%20quadrupled%20its%20executions,64%25%20of%20all%20known%20executions.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Amnesty International<\/a>, the Iranian regime was responsible for over 64% of all recorded executions worldwide last year\u2014a figure that has increased further since the current government took office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since January 2024, political prisoners in Iran have staged weekly hunger strikes every Tuesday as part of a grassroots campaign titled <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/global-campaign-for-no-to-executions-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cTuesdays for No to Execution,\u201d<\/a> amplifying internal resistance to the regime\u2019s escalating brutality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The French mayors\u2019 appeal calls on the international community to take coordinated action to stop the wave of executions and end impunity for Tehran\u2019s systematic use of capital punishment as a political weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1,000 French mayors have signed a joint declaration urging the immediate cessation of executions in Iran, citing the alarming surge in death sentences under Masoud Pezeshkian&rsquo;s administration. 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