Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ movement expands to 54 prisons in its 92nd week

The weekly hunger strike campaign known as No to Executions Tuesdays has entered its 92nd week and now spans 54 prisons across Iran, after two additional facilities — the Tircheh Block Prison in Borujerd and Ilam Prison — joined the protest. The campaign’s announcement cited an official estimate of 283 executions in Mehr 1404 (September–October 2025) carried out by the clerical dictatorship, marking the month as the bloodiest in decades.

Since last Tuesday, the campaign reports that an additional 59 executions, including two women, have been carried out. The surge in executions coincides with new death sentences issued and upheld by the Supreme Court against political prisoners such as Kavous Abdollah-zadeh and Zahra Tabari (in Lakan Prison, Rasht), as well as the confirmation of death sentences for Manouchehr Fallah and Ehsan Faridi.

On 13 October, prison officials attempted to transfer Ehsan Afresheh from Evin Prison for execution — a move reportedly obstructed by other inmates, although the risk remains imminent. The campaign describes these measures as a clear attempt by the regime to instill fear and suppress dissent among the public, stating: “Execution, as a survival tool for a decades-old corrupt regime, has no religious or political justification. Every execution is a new wound on society, a sign that law, human dignity, and justice have failed.”

Meanwhile, families of condemned prisoners gathered in front of the Iranian regime’s parliament, chanting “No to execution,” demonstrating that even under severe repression, the cry for life and freedom persists.

The campaign concluded with a formal set of demands:

• Immediate halt to all executions

• Revocation of all death sentences

• Unrestricted access for international human rights bodies to Iranian prisons and prisoners

The campaign’s nationwide expansion and the rising number of executions underscore both the severity of the crisis and the determination of Iran’s prisoners and civil society to resist.