No to Execution Tuesdays Enters Its 102nd Week as Iran Executes Over 2,200 People in 2025

No to Execution Tuesdays Enters Its 102nd Week as Iran Executes Over 2,200 People in 2025

Week 102: Prisoners in 55 Iranian prisons say NO to executions through hunger strike. The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has entered its 102nd consecutive week at the start of 2026, with prisoners in 55 prisons across Iran staging a coordinated hunger strike to protest the Islamic Republic’s relentless use of the death penalty. According to the campaign’s latest statement, Iranian authorities executed more than 2,200 people in 2025 alone, i…

102nd Week of "No to Execution Tuesdays" Campaign in 55 Prisons across the Country

The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has continued into its 102nd week as the year 2026 begins, with prisoners in 55 prisons across the country launching a hunger strike. According to the campaign’s statement, the Iranian government executed over 2,200 people in 2025, at least 19 of whom were political and ideological prisoners. Since the beginning of the Persian month of Dey (late December) alone, 167 people, including one woman, have been e…