Political Prisoners in Iran Continue Hunger Strike to Protest Mass Executions
The hunger strike initiated by political prisoners in Iran has reached its sixth consecutive week as part of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. On Monday, March 4, 2024, prisoners confirmed their ongoing protest against the mass executions carried out by the Iranian regime.
In a collective message, prisoners announced that on Tuesday, March 4, 2024, the sixth week of the hunger strike would continue in prisons across the country, including Evin Prison (Ward 4 and Women’s Ward), Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, Qezel-Hesar Prison, and facilities in Khorramabad, Karaj, and other cities.
The prisoners condemned the regime’s resumption of mass executions, which they described as retaliation for its failure in the recent election spectacle. They emphasized that the hunger strike serves as a unified call to halt the wave of executions. They also invited prisoners nationwide to join the strike and urged independent media to amplify their voices.
- Political Prisoners of Qezel-Hesar Prison in Karaj Hunger Strike to Protest Mass Executions
- The risk of executing Abbas Driss without proof of guilt
§ Thousands of prisoners are on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison and other prisons, and nearly 50 political prisoners, namely Khosrow Besharat, Kamran Sheikheh, Anvar Khezri, Mojahed Kourkouri, Reza Rasaei, Mansour Dehmardeh, Fazel Bahramian, Mehran Bahramian, Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, and Abbas Driss, are at risk of execution. A few days ago, four Baluch prisoners, Edo Shahbakhsh, Abdolghani Shahbakhsh, Abdolrahim Ghanbarzehi Gargij, and Soleiman Shahbakhshwere also sentenced to death in Qezel-Hesar Prison. In addition, the Velayat-e Faqih judiciary is issuing death sentences against political prisoners. We can mention the issuance of death sentences against Shahab Nadali in Evin Prison, and Mamusta Mohammad Khezrnejad in Bukan Prison.
§ Since Tuesday of last week, January 28, 2024, political prisoners in Karaj’s Qezel-Hesar Prison have announced that they will go on a hunger strike every Tuesday to protest the widespread executions in this prison and other prisons. Now, political prisoners in other prisons have also announcedto go on a hunger strike with them.
