Eight female political prisoners held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province in northern Iran, announced that they joined the hunger strike this Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in opposition to the death penalty.
They have thus joined the political prisoners who go on hunger strike in the “Tuesdays against Executions” campaign.
In addition to opposing the death sentences for political and non-political prisoners, the female political prisoners in Lakan Prison are specifically protesting the death sentences for Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi.
They have also announced that 14 non-political female prisoners in Lakan Prison are at risk of execution and are calling for attention to the situation of these anonymous prisoners and support for them.
The female prisoners who joined the “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign in Lakan Prison are Zohreh Dadras, Zahra Dadras, Forough Samii-Nia, Sharifeh Mohammadi, Azadeh Chavoshian, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezaei, and Shiva Shah-Siah.
The number of prisons across Iran where political prisoners have joined the “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign has thus reached 18.
