Warning from the 'Tuesdays No to Execution' Campaign: Confirmation of Death Sentences for 8 Arab and Baloch Political Prisoners

The 'Tuesdays No to Execution' campaign, in its statement for the 51st week of this campaign on Tuesday, January 25, announced that at least 17 people have been executed in the past week and over 102 people since the beginning of January. The campaign warned in this statement, a copy of which was sent to Voice of America, that following recent crackdowns, the Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentences of political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani, Mahdi Hasani, and Pakhshan Azizi. Previously, the death sentence of political prisoner Mojahid Korkor, four Baloch political prisoners, and four Arab political prisoners had also been confirmed, putting their lives in serious danger. The imprisoned members of this campaign from 34 prisons across the country expressed their concern over the continued daily execution of non-political prisoners and stated that in protest against these inhumane sentences, many political activists, both inside and outside of prison, along with the families of the victims, have strongly condemned these death sentences. The statement reported that in response to the protests against the increase in executions, recently a group of prisoners in four prisons—Havigh Taluq, the women's ward of Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, Jooin Prison in Razavi Khorasan Province, and Brazjan Prison in Bushehr Province—joined the 'Tuesdays No to Execution' campaign and expressed their solidarity with other prisoners. Thus, the number of participating prisons in this campaign has increased to 34. The members of the 'Tuesdays No to Execution' campaign condemned the confirmation of the death sentences for political prisoners Mojahid Korkor, Pakhshan Azizi, and two members of this campaign, Mahdi Hasani and Behrouz Ehsani, and stated that they will use every available means to abolish the death penalty in Iran and eradicate these medieval sentences. The campaign has invited all sectors of society to join in opposing death sentences. On the 51st week of this campaign, members of the 'Tuesdays No to Execution' campaign will go on a hunger strike on Tuesday, January 25, 1403, in 34 prisons. These prisons include Evin (women's ward, wards 4 and 8), Qezel Hesar (units 3 and 4), Central Karaj, Greater Tehran, Khourin Varamin, Arak, Khorramabad, Asadabad Isfahan, Dashtgerd Isfahan, Shiban Ahvaz, Nazem Shiraz, Bam, Kahnouj, Tabas, Mashhad, Qaemshahr, Rasht (men's and women's wards), Rudsar, Ardabil, Tabriz, Urmia, Salmas, Khoy, Naqdeh, Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan, Kamyaran, Havigh Taluq, Adelabad Shiraz (women's ward), Jooin Razavi Khorasan, and Brazjan Bushehr. The United States condemned the increasing use of executions by the Iranian regime to suppress the people.