The hunger strike campaign of “No to Execution Tuesdays,” protesting the growing wave of executions in Iran, entered its 126th week in 57 different prisons across the country, with a group of prisoners from Kerman Prison joining the campaign. In a statement, the striking prisoners pointed to the execution of at least 134 people during the month of Khordad (May 22 – June 21, 2026) and warned against the ignoring of gross human rights violations in international interactions with the Iranian regime. Emphasizing in their statement that the human rights of the Iranian people are not negotiable, they called on public opinion, international institutions, and the awakened consciences of the world to take immediate action to stop these organized executions.
Please find the full text of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign statement below:
Kerman Prison Joins the “No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign”
Continuation of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in its 126th Week across 57 Different Prisons
In an era when human dignity should be the focus of law, justice, and governance, the killing and execution machine of the executioner regime in Iran continues at an accelerated pace. According to reports received, on June 07, 2026, two women aged 28 and 32, identified as Asiyeh Farahmand and Zeinab Zarini, were hanged in Qazvin Prison; due to the lack of transparent information, news of their execution has only recently reached us.
Additionally, on June 16, 2026, two political prisoners of the January 2026 uprising, identified as Abolfazl Saeedi and Javad Zamani, were executed in Shahroud. Accordingly, the number of executed prisoners in the month of Khordad (May 22 – June 21, 2026) has reached 134.
The death penalty in Iran is not a tool for achieving justice, but rather a mechanism to spread fear, silence dissenting voices, and consolidate the authoritarian structure of power.
On the other hand, after months of military conflict and the cost it imposed on the lives of the Iranian people, in the past week, the Velayat-e Faqih regime reached an initial understanding with the United States. Based on the published clauses, no attention whatsoever was paid to human rights or the horrific suppression and executions in Iran. This shows that the powers are not thinking of change, and the people must rely on themselves for change, and not on any foreign force or power.
Amnesty International and Ms. Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur, along with a number of UN experts, warned in separate statements about the disregard for human rights violations in Iran and the continued impunity of violators of the Iranian people’s human rights from international prosecution and accountability.
We declare to awakened consciences, international institutions, human rights advocates, and opponents of the death penalty:
We, the prisoners of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, who for 126 continuous weeks have protested medieval executions in Iran every Tuesday through hunger strikes and with all our might in prisons across Iran, once again declare that the human rights of the Iranian people, especially prisoners, are non-negotiable. In unison with the general public of Iran, we will defend freedom, equality, and the abolition of the death penalty with our last breath and to the best of our ability.
We request all honorable and conscious people of Iran, as well as the awakened consciences of the world and international human rights organizations, not to remain indifferent to the rising wave of executions in Iran and to act responsibly and effectively to stop this organized crime committed by the ruling religious fascism in Iran.
History has shown that no tyranny has endured by relying on violence, and no regime has been able to permanently silence the people’s voice demanding justice. What will endure is the ideal of freedom, equality, and respect for the right to life and human dignity; values for whose realization the Iranian people have paid a heavy price and continue to insist upon.
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign informs the general public that a group of prisoners in Kerman Prison have also joined this campaign in protest against death sentences, and they go on hunger strike every Tuesday along with other prisoners.
Members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign are on hunger strike in its 126th week on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in the following 57 prisons:
Evin Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Qezel Hesar Prison (units 2, 3, and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Fardis Prison in Karaj, Greater Tehran Prison, Qarchak Prison, Khorin Prison in Varamin, Choobindar Prison in Qazvin, Ahar Prison, Arak Prison, Langaroud 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 (women’s and men’s wards), Nezam Prison in Shiraz, Adelabad Prison in Shiraz (women’s and men’s wards), Firozabad Prison in Fars, Dehdasht Prison, Zahedan Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Borazjan Prison, Ramhormoz Prison, Behbahan Prison, Bam Prison, Yazd Prison (women’s and men’s wards), Kahnuj Prison, Tabas Prison, Birjand Central Prison, Mashhad Prison, Gorgan Prison, Sabzevar Prison, Gonbad-e Kavus Prison, Qaemshahr Prison, Rasht Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Rudsar Prison, Haviq Prison in Talesh, Azbaram 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, Ilam Prison, and Kerman Prison.
Week 126
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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