On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, prisoners in 50 prisons across the country once again joined the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign through a hunger strike. This week, the name of Dehdasht Prison was added to this protest movement—a bitter reminder of the reality that no corner of Iran is safe from the shadow of execution.
In this week’s statement, referring to the unprecedented wave of executions, it was declared:
“Execution is not a solution; execution is a blatant violation of the right to life; execution is a tool for instilling fear and cementing political repression.”
The full statement of the 83rd week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is as follows:
Expansion of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in the 83rd Week to 50 Different Prisons
Dehdasht Prison Joins the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
In Iran, under the rule of the Supreme Leader, the execution machine continues to mercilessly claim victims. In the month of Mordad alone (July–August), 166 people were hanged; and in the past week, 31 of our fellow citizens, including one woman, were executed. Two of the victims, in Kordkuy and Beyram Larestan, were hanged in public. The executioner government seeks to terrorize society through humiliation and the normalization of violence.
According to reports, a group of prisoners in Dehdasht Prison joined the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign in its 83rd week. The addition of Dehdasht Prison to this campaign’s list is a bitter reminder that no part of Iran is spared from the shadow of execution.
At the same time, we face another shocking and infuriating piece of news: the conversion of Section 41 of Behesht Zahra Cemetery (a section that recalls thousands of political prisoners of the 1980s and the unforgettable crimes of those years) into a parking lot. This act is not only a disgraceful attempt to erase collective memory and the evidence of state crimes, but also a blatant insult to the victims and their families—an act condemned by Amnesty International as well.
Once again, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign cries out:
Execution is not a solution;
Execution is a blatant violation of the right to life;
Execution is a tool for instilling fear and cementing political repression.
This campaign calls on all international institutions, human rights activists, and every awakened conscience to stand against this cycle of death and to reflect the protest of the Iranian people against executions.
In the 83rd week, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, hunger strikes are held in the following 50 prisons as part of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign:
- Evin Prison
- Qezel Hesar Prison (Units 3 and 4)
- Karaj Central Prison
- Fardis Karaj Prison
- Greater Tehran Prison
- Qarchak Prison
- Khorin Varamin Prison
- Choubindar Qazvin Prison
- Ahar Prison
- Arak Prison
- Khorramabad Prison
- Yasuj Prison
- Asadabad Isfahan Prison
- Dastgerd Isfahan Prison
- Sheiban Ahvaz Prison
- Sepidar Ahvaz Prison (women’s and men’s wards)
- Nezam Prison, Shiraz
- Adelabad Shiraz Prison (women’s and men’s wards)
- Firouzabad Fars Prison
- Zahedan Prison (women’s ward)
- Borazjan Prison
- Ramhormoz Prison
- Behbahan Prison
- Bam Prison
- Yazd Prison
- Kahnuj Prison
- Tabas Prison
- Mashhad Prison
- Gonbad-e Kavus Prison
- Qaemshahr Prison
- Rasht Prison (men’s and women’s wards)
- Rudsar Prison
- Haviq Talesh Prison
- Ezbaram Lahijan Prison
- Dizelabad Kermanshah Prison
- Ardabil Prison
- Tabriz Prison
- Urmia Prison
- Salmas Prison
- Khoy Prison
- Naqadeh Prison
- Miandoab Prison
- Mahabad Prison
- Boukan Prison
- Saqqez Prison
- Baneh Prison
- Marivan Prison
- Sanandaj Prison
- Kamyaran Prison
- Dehdasht Prison
83rd Week
August 26, 2025
“No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
