Imprisoned Scholars Call on Students to Join 'No to Executions' Campaign

Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, two imprisoned scholars in Evin Prison, joined the 'No to Executions on Tuesdays' campaign and called on students across the country to unite against executions. In their call, which was sent to Voice of America, they wrote: 'We understand executions when we remember that the cellmate who smiled yesterday never returns after hearing his name over the loudspeaker. We understand executions when we recall the cries of Mohsen Shakari's mother and the tears of Mohammad Qabadi's mother. We understand executions when the anxiety of losing the children of Ekbatan, young people full of dreams, brings tears to our eyes.' Moradi and Younesi posed the question, 'What have we done against executions? This crime has been repeated at least 650 times since the beginning of the year.' They emphasized, 'If this is a time for unity, let us stand hand in hand at this most human point of commonality against executions.' They concluded by requesting all students in the country to join the strikes of the 'No to Executions on Tuesdays' campaign alongside prisoners across the country and to show this solidarity in any form and manner. Ali Younesi, a computer engineering student at Sharif University and a gold medalist in the 2017 Astronomy Olympiad, was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in prison after months of solitary confinement. Amir Hossein Moradi, a physics student at Sharif University and a silver medalist in the Astronomy Olympiad, was also sentenced to 16 years in prison for 'collusion and conspiracy to act against national security' and 'propaganda against the regime.'