{"id":335508,"date":"2025-08-12T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335508"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:42:46","slug":"political-prisoners-launch-nationwide-hunger-strike-in-81st-week-of-no-to-execution-tuesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/stop-executions-in-iran\/political-prisoners-launch-nationwide-hunger-strike-in-81st-week-of-no-to-execution-tuesdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Political Prisoners Launch Nationwide Hunger Strike in 81st Week of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327516\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison.jpg\" alt=\"Political Prisoners Launch Nationwide Hunger Strike in 81st Week of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-semnan-prison-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political prisoners in Iran launch nationwide hunger strike in 81st week of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In the 81st week of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/08\/12\/81st-week-of-the-no-to-execution-tuesdays-campaign-in-49-prisons-across-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No to Execution Tuesdays<\/a>\u201d campaign, political prisoners in 49 prisons across Iran have declared a hunger strike to protest what they describe as an \u201cunprecedented wave of executions\u201d and \u201cescalating repression\u201d by the clerical regime.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement marking the campaign\u2019s 81st week, organizers condemned the sudden transfer of five political prisoners \u2014 Vahid Bani-Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Akbar (Shahrokh) Daneshvarkar, and <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/five-political-prisoners-transferred-to-ghezel-hesar-at-imminent-risk-of-execution-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Taghavi<\/a> \u2014 from Greater Tehran Prison to Qezel Hesar Prison. The statement said this move was \u201can act strongly condemned by Amnesty International.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two other detainees, Babak Shahbazi and Omid Tabari Moghadam, were also transferred to Ghezel Hesar \u201cafter being beaten,\u201d a measure the campaign described as part of \u201cthe escalating pressure on political prisoners\u201d and the \u201cunprecedented increase in the implementation of death sentences in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">81st Week of \u201cNo To Execution Tuesdays\u201d Campaign in 49 Prisons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8hW2K0OLg\">https:\/\/t.co\/K8hW2K0OLg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/joReNxC4Zb\">pic.twitter.com\/joReNxC4Zb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Focus (@Iran_Focus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iran_Focus\/status\/1955203933229445385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 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 to the campaign, Amer Paraki Balochzehi, a Baloch political prisoner, has been moved to solitary confinement in Zahedan Prison \u201cfor the implementation of his death sentence,\u201d and his life is \u201cin grave danger.\u201d The statement highlighted that \u201con August 6 alone, 20 individuals were hanged,\u201d and \u201csince July 23, more than 110 people have been executed in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite this surge, the campaign noted, \u201cthe resistance of prisoners and the people continues.\u201d It cited the example of Semirom, where \u201cthe shopkeepers and brave people\u2026 shut down their markets and shops to protest the death sentences of two brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.iranhrs.org\/fazel-and-mehran-bahramian-in-danger-of-execution-at-any-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fazel and Mehran Bahramian<\/a>, making their voices of protest heard by all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The campaign issued a direct appeal to families of prisoners sentenced to death:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo not hide the issuance of death sentences for your children and relatives \u2014 publicize them widely. Gather in public places and raise your voices against these inhumane sentences.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Water Shortages to Anti-Execution Rallies, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranians<\/a> Protest Regime&#39;s Total Failure<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3xv4MshlBJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/3xv4MshlBJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1952838726163350012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 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;\">It also called on all people of Iran and the world \u201cto stand with these families and to rise up against the machinery of execution in Iran by every means and tool available.\u201d The statement concluded:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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