On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the 101st week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign will be marked by a hunger strike by prisoners in 55 prisons across the country, coinciding with the strikes and protests of Tehran’s bazaar merchants. This week’s statement highlights the government’s intensifying repression and use of executions to prevent popular uprisings, referencing the execution of over 96 individuals over the past 8 days and the issuance of death sentences for two Kurdish political prisoners.
The full text of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign statement is provided below:
Continuation of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in its 101st Week in 55 Different Prisons, Coinciding with the Strikes and Protests of the Tehran Bazaar
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, extending greetings for Christmas, wishes all Christians a Happy New Year and hopes for the freedom and liberation of all our compatriots who are subjected to the suppression and oppression of the ruling religious dictatorship. In the words of Jesus Christ: “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”
As we enter the 101st “No to Execution Tuesday,” Tehran’s bazaar merchants have been on strike and protesting against the government’s tyranny and oppression since Sunday. These protests have taken on broad dimensions and have also spread to some other cities.
In these critical days, the government is intensifying repression and executions to prevent the escalation of popular uprisings. To this end, in recent days, the inhumane death sentence was handed down to two Kurdish political prisoners, Mehrab Abdollahzadeh in Urmia Prison and Younes Bakhshi in Mahabad Prison. Over the past eight days, authorities have executed over 96 individuals, including one female prisoner in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, while expressing its gratitude and appreciation to all the families and supporters who backed the campaign’s 100th week, calls for greater support for the “No to Execution” campaign in order to blunt the blade of repression and execution and pave the way for the abolition of the inhumane death penalty.
On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, for its 101st week, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign will hold a hunger strike in the following 55 prisons:
Evin Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Qezel Hesar Prison (Units 2, 3, and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Fardis Prison in Karaj, Greater Tehran Penitentiary, Qarchak Prison, Khorin Prison in Varamin, Chubindar Prison in Qazvin, Ahar Prison, Arak Prison, Langarud Prison in Qom, Khorramabad Prison, Borujerd Prison, Yasuj Prison, Asadabad Prison in Isfahan, Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz (men’s and women’s wards), Nezam Prison in Shiraz, Adelabad Prison in Shiraz (men’s and women’s wards), Firuzabad Prison in Fars, Dehdasht Prison, Zahedan Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Borazjan Prison, Ramhormoz Prison, Behbahan Prison, Bam Prison, Yazd Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Kahnuj Prison, Tabas Prison, Birjand Central Prison, Mashhad Prison, Sabzevar Prison, Gonbad-e Kavus Prison, Qaem Shahr Prison, Rasht Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Rudsar Prison, Havigh Prison in Talesh, Ezbaram Prison in Lahijan, Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, Ardabil Prison, Tabriz Prison, Urmia Prison, Salmas Prison, Khoy Prison, Naqadeh Prison, Miandoab Prison, Mahabad Prison, Bukan Prison, Saqqez Prison, Baneh Prison, Marivan Prison, Sanandaj Prison, Kamyaran Prison, and Ilam Prison
The 101st Week
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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