News Center — Participants in the “No to Execution Tuesday” campaign continue their weekly hunger strikes every Tuesday, protesting death sentences in Iran and demanding their complete abolition, regardless of the nature of the charges, motives, or beliefs of those sentenced.

Today, Tuesday, December 9, the campaign marked its 98th consecutive week in 55 prisons across Iran. Participants issued a statement saying: “This week, under unclear circumstances, we lost one of the most committed lawyers defending human rights, Khosrow Ali Kordi, a member of the ‘No to Execution Tuesday’ campaign and a lawyer for detainees during the 2022 protests and a refuge for families of lawyers. We extend our deepest condolences to the Association of Freedom-Defending Lawyers, the public, and his family, friends, and colleagues.”

The statement emphasized that executions in Iran are no longer a form of punishment but an organized crime and a systematic violation of the right to life. In recent days, a death sentence was issued against political prisoner Karim Khajesteh at Lakan Prison in Rasht. According to published data, 95 people, including two women, were executed this week, and over 200 executions were recorded in recent days, with the sole aim of suppressing society and preventing uprisings and popular revolts.

Participants in the “No to Execution Tuesday” campaign will begin hunger strikes in 55 prisons, including Evin Prison (men’s and women’s wards), Qezel Hesar Prison (Units 2, 3, 4), Karaj Central Prison, Fardis Prison, Greater Tehran Prison, Gorgan Prison, among many others participating in the campaign.