The 71st Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign Coincides with Nationwide Protests
4-June-2025
Category: Labor and guilds، Prisoners، protesters، Retirees
Date: 3 June 2025
News Categories: Protests – Pensioners – Prisoners – Workers and Labour Groups
Breathing in Confinement
On Tuesday, 3 June 2025, political prisoners in 46 prisons across Iran went on hunger strike as part of the 71st week of the nationwide campaign “No to Execution Tuesdays.” Meanwhile, families of death row inmates and civil and political activists held protest gatherings in Tehran and several other cities, demanding a halt to executions.
In a joint statement, the political prisoners called on the public to join the campaign, declaring:
“In the past two weeks alone, at least 67 prisoners—including three women—have been executed. This amounts to an average of seven executions per day. On 28 June alone, 20 individuals were executed in a single day with shocking brutality. These executions have been carried out without fair trials or due process.”
According to data from the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement), with the participation of prisoners in Firouzabad Prison, the hunger strike now includes the following prisons:
Evin (Women’s Ward, Wards 4 & 8), Ghezel Hesar (Units 3 & 4), Karaj Central, Greater Tehran, Khorin Varamin, Choobindar Qazvin, Arak, Khorramabad, Yasuj, Esfahan Asadabad, Dastgerd Esfahan, Sheiban Ahvaz, Sepidar Ahvaz, Shiraz Nizam, Adelabad Shiraz, Zahedan, Borazjan, Ramhormoz, Behbahan, Bam, Kahnouj, Tabas, Mashhad, Gonbad-e Kavus, Qaemshahr, Rasht, Roudsar, Haviq Talesh, Azb0rom Lahijan, Dieselabad Kermanshah, Ardabil, Tabriz, Urmia, Salmas, Khoy, Naqadeh, Miandoab, Mahabad, Bukan, Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan, Sanandaj, Kamyaran, and Fardis Karaj.
Pensioners Protest in Kermanshah: “Enough with Poverty and Discrimination”
Retirees from the Social Security Organisation, civil service, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors gathered in Kermanshah to protest low pensions, systemic discrimination, and worsening economic conditions.
Their demands included increased pensions, improved welfare services, and access to free healthcare. They chanted slogans such as:
• “Hard-working drivers, we support you!”
• “From slogans to action, empty promises again!”
• “The public treasury, a playground for thieves!”
Bushehr Boat Owners Protest Taxes and Fuel Cuts
Boat owners in Bushehr staged a protest against the removal of tax exemptions for tahlengi (small-scale maritime trade), the imposition of a 5% VAT, and the cancellation of subsidised fuel quotas. The protest was violently suppressed by security forces.
Rafsanjan Copper Workers Demand Housing Rights
Workers of the Rafsanjan Copper Complex gathered outside the local courthouse to demand judicial action and resolution regarding the housing cooperative case and their lost entitlements.
Mahshahr Municipal Workers’ Strike Continues for the Seventh Day
Municipal workers in Mahshahr continued their strike for a seventh consecutive day, protesting unpaid wages, failure to implement approved wage increases, lack of supplementary insurance, and withheld overtime pay.
Despite the ongoing strike since the previous Wednesday, authorities have yet to respond.