Female political prisoners in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin Prison joined the nationwide campaign “No to Executions Tuesdays,” again, on May 20, 2025, raising their voices in protest against the death penalty.
During this act of resistance, the prisoners chanted slogans such as:
“Evin women’s ward, united in solidarity, standing strong until executions are abolished,”
“We swear by the blood of our comrades, we will stand until the end,”
and “Political prisoners must be freed.”
This symbolic protest was further intensified by the fact that the participants were also on a hunger strike.
The women’s ward of Evin Prison was among the first groups to join the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign to end the death penalty and secure freedom for all prisoners of conscience.
The 69th Week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign
The 69th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign continued on May 20, 2025, with three more prisons from Bukan, Mahabad, and Yasuj joining the campaign this week.
The campaign began last winter, February 2024, in Ghezel Hesar Prison of Karaj, to counter the alarming rise in executions under the Iranian regime. It has now evolved into a powerful symbol of resistance against Iran’s repressive judicial policies.
Nationwide Outcry: Protests Against Executions Spread Across 30 Iranian Cities
In Tehran, as prisoners across dozens of facilities joined hunger strikes for the 69th week of the campaign, families of death row political prisoners held a protest in Tehran’s Azadi Square. Holding up photos of their loved ones and chanting slogans such as “No to Executions” and “Stop the Executions,” they voiced their anger at death sentences and the deeply flawed judicial process.
The families were joined by young people in 29 other cities who carried out acts of protest against the death penalty. These acts were carried out in the cities of Astara, Borujerd, Ramsar, Fuman, Kerman, Ark, Urmia, Isfahan, Golpayegan, Eqlid, Behbahan, Tonekabon, Sonqor, Borujen, Tabriz, Jahrom, Dezful, Kashan, Rasht, Saveh, Sanandaj, Shadegan, Shahr-e Qods, Fasa, Kermanshah, Shahreza, Kangavar, Sari, and Yazd.
