84th Week of the “No to Execution” Campaign Marked by Families’ Gatherings and Nationwide Protests
2-September-2025
Category: Uncategorized
2 September 2025
News category: Protests – Political Prisoners’ Hunger Strike – Workers and Guilds
Breathing in Confinement – As the 84th week of the “Tuesdays Against Execution” campaign was held, political prisoners in 51 prisons across the country, along with the families of prisoners sentenced to death, once again demanded the immediate abolition of execution sentences through statements and protest gatherings. In parallel, at least 19 other demonstrations and protests were reported across various parts of the country.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, political prisoners in their statement condemned the widespread and ongoing wave of executions, calling it a “clear violation of fundamental human rights” and a tool for “bloody repression of the people and silencing the voices of freedom and justice.” They stressed:
“We are approaching the 40th day since the cowardly execution of Mehdi Hassani and Behrooz Ehsani; two political prisoners whose families, after 36 days, still do not know where they are buried. This act is nothing but enforced disappearance and torture of grieving families, and is part of the ongoing pattern of human rights violations in Iran.”
The campaign was held in the following prisons: Evin, Ghezel Hesar (Units 3 & 4), Karaj Central, Fardis Karaj, Greater Tehran, Qarchak, Khorrin Varamin, Choobindar Qazvin, Ahar, Arak, Khorramabad, Yasuj, Esfahan Asadabad, Dastgerd Esfahan, Sheiban Ahvaz, Sepidar Ahvaz (men’s & women’s wards), Nezam Shiraz, Adel Abad Shiraz (men’s & women’s wards), Firouzabad Fars, Dehdasht, Zahedan (women’s ward), Borazjan, Ramhormoz, Behbahan, Bam, Yazd, Kahnouj, Tabas, Mashhad, Gonbad-e Kavous, Qaemshahr, Rasht (men’s & women’s wards), Roudsar, Haviq Talesh, Azborom Lahijan, Dizel Abad Kermanshah, Ardabil, Tabriz, Urmia, Salmas, Khoy, Naqadeh, Miandoab, Mahabad, Boukan, Saqqez, Baneh, Mariwan, Sanandaj, Kamyaran, and Langarud Qom.
Families of political prisoners sentenced to death also joined the 84th-week hunger strike of prisoners with a protest gathering, calling for the immediate abolition of the sentences and urging public support for the “Tuesdays Against Execution” campaign.
Other protests on the same day included:
• Literacy Movement staff gathered in front of the Ministry of Education, chanting: “Where is justice? Recruitment is our right” and demanding employment security and recognition of their teaching service.
• Education retirees of 2024 protested in front of the Ministry of Education over the non-payment of the second phase of salary equalisation.
• National, military, and social security retirees in Kermanshah protested low pensions, inequality, poor living conditions, poverty, inflation, and rising costs. They demanded higher pensions, welfare services, and free healthcare. Protesters chanted: “Our rights are won only in the streets,” “Unity against tyranny and corruption,” “Iran is wealthy—what happened to you?” and “Water, electricity, life—our fundamental rights.”
• Workers at Fajr Jam Gas Refinery, Pars Gas Complex Site 1 (Asaluyeh), Site 2 (Kangan), POGC’s 40 offshore platforms, Razi Petrochemical, Aghajari Oil & Gas Production Company, National Drilling Company in Ahvaz and Gachsaran, Pars South Gas Complex (2nd & 7th refineries and the central Mahdavi building), and Laavan Island oil & gas workers, all staged protests demanding full payment of wages, removal of wage caps, full severance pay, cancellation of unlawful pension deductions, reimbursement of illegally withheld taxes, and full implementation of Article 10. Workers at Fajr Jam chanted: “Employment contracts must be enforced, illegal deductions must be abolished.”
• Fuel tanker drivers gathered in front of the Road Maintenance and Transport Organization in protest against the seizure of their trucks inside Afghanistan.
• National housing applicants in Fasa set up tents outside the local Road and Urban Development Office, protesting the halted housing project and the denial of government loans.
• Taxi drivers in Zahedan protested the suspension of their fuel quotas, which has worsened their economic situation.
• Nursing students in Izeh protested the poor quality of meals served, reporting stones, hair, expired dairy, and rotten canned food in their cafeteria food.
• Residents of villages west of the Karkheh River in Ahvaz protested delays in constructing the “Khosraj Bridge” road connecting their area to the main road.