The regime in Iran was described by the United Nations as an ‘unprecedented wave of executions’. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said this Islamic Republic of Iran carried out more than 1,000 executions since the beginning of the year.
With as many as nine executions a day at the time of their report, OHCHR said victims were mainly accused of murder and drug-related crimes.
In an effort to raise global awareness of their plight, approximately 1,500 Iranian death row prisoners in Ward 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison staged a hunger strike on October 13. Among them were 17 members of the Iranian dissident organization Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK).
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A woman lays flowers for the victims of executions in Iran during the rally in Paris, France on May 13, 2025. (Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The hunger strike has spread to wards 1 and 4 in Ghezel Hesar prison, as well as the infamous Evin prison. The NCRI alleges that prison officials attempted to break the strike and shared images of prisoners in Ward 3 eating food to “falsely claim that there is no hunger strike in Ward 2.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Tehran. Iran has faced international scrutiny over the increase in executions this year. (Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the NCRI, called for “immediate action by the United Nations, members of the UN Security Council, the European Union and international human rights organizations to put an end to this horrific nightmare in Iran under the rule of the criminal mullahs.”
Iranian prisoners have called on UN Secretary General António Guterres to speak out and intervene on their behalf.
Iranian members of the diaspora, activists, gathered in front of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin during the protest ‘United against executions in Iran’ on January 27, 2024. This protest, organized by the Echo Iran group, condemned the increase in death sentences by the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Echo Iran/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
“For decades, Iranians have been subjected to torture and show trials that culminated in executions and other harsh punishments, often with those coerced confessions as the only evidence presented against them. We will continue to hold the Iranian regime accountable and ensure that it faces serious consequences for its heinous actions,” the spokesperson continued.
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Earlier this month, the UN Human Rights Council received widespread condemnation after electing Iran to its advisory committee.
