Tehran – March 4, 2025 – For the third consecutive week, families of political prisoners sentenced to death gathered in front of Evin Prison to protest the execution rulings and demand the abolition of these sentences.
The protest coincided with the 58th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The protesters held a large banner reading “No to Executions” and held up photos of political prisoners facing the death penalty, including Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Ali Akbar DaneshvarKar, Behrouz Ehsani Eslamloo, Mehdi Hassani, Mohammad Javad Vafaie Sani, and Abolhassan Montazer.
The families condemned the inhumane nature of these executions and called on human rights organizations and the global community to take urgent action to stop the implementation of these sentences and save the lives of the prisoners.
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi, Sharifeh Mohammadi, Behrouz Ehsani, and Mehdi Hassani.
In December 2024, six political prisoners—Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Seyed Abolhassan Montazer, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, and Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar—were sentenced to death, imprisonment, and exile on charges of “membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”
58th Week of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Expands to 38 Prisons
Today, March 4, 2025, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has entered its 58th consecutive week, with prisoners in 38 facilities nationwide staging hunger strikes to protest the Iranian regime’s extensive use of capital punishment.
This week, inmates at Miandoab Prison in East Azerbaijan Province announced their participation in the movement, joining others across the country in condemning the rising number of executions.
At least 85 people were executed between February 19 and March 3, with 53 executions carried out in the past week alone, including one public hanging in Esfarayen, a city in the northeast of Iran.
The executions—taking place just ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year—serve as a tool for instilling fear and suppressing dissent. The campaign condemned the Iranian regime’s reliance on repression, torture, and capital punishment to maintain control.
The campaign of hunger-striking prisoners calls for urgent global action to halt the increasing number of executions.
