Inside Iran’s Prisons: A Nation’s Cry Against Executions - Iran News Update

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign: Ongoing hunger strike in 41 prisons across Iran

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign will stage a hunger strike in 41 prisons across the country on Tuesday, May 13, for the sixty-eighth consecutive week. While the wave of executions in Iran has intensified, with at least 96 prisoners—including one woman—executed in just the past three weeks, the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has reported the continuation of protest hunger strikes in dozens of prisons across the country. At the same…

Two Prisoners Executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison

HRANA News Agency – On Monday, May 12, 2025, the death sentences of two prisoners previously convicted of murder in separate cases were carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj. HRANA has confirmed the identities of the executed prisoners as Kourosh Jalili and Nasri Zar. HRANA has learned that both individuals had been arrested in separate murder cases and later sentenced to death by the criminal court. As of the time of this report, prison o…

Inside Iran’s Prisons: A Nation’s Cry Against Executions - Iran News Update

On May 13, 2025, as the world goes about its ordinary routines, something extraordinary is unfolding behind the iron bars of 41 prisons in Iran. For the sixty-eighth week in a row, political prisoners have launched a coordinated hunger strike—part of a grassroots protest known as the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. This quiet, but powerful act of defiance is their response to an ever-rising tide of state-sanctioned killings. Since April 21,…

“No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Marks Its 68th Week of Protest in Iranian Prisons - Iran Freedom

68th Week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign in Iran On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, prisoners across Iran will engage in another coordinated hunger strike as part of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, now in its 68th consecutive week. The movement spans 41 prisons and is a response to the sharp rise in executions, particularly of political prisoners. In a joint statement, inmates decried the recent death sentences issued against Amin …

More than 1,000 French mayors and 300 international human rights experts have called for an end to executions in Iran. A demonstration is scheduled to take place this Tuesday in front of the National Assembly.