As the world marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Iranian regime is escalating its horrifying campaign of state executions. According to human rights reports, more than 1,200 people have been executed in 2025—the highest annual rate in over three decades.
Between October 1 and 15, at least 115 executions took place across Iranian prisons—roughly one every three hours. Most of these are carried out without notifying families or lawyers, and over 60% of the cases lack fair trials. Reports confirm the widespread use of torture and forced confessions. Among those executed are women, juveniles, and political prisoners, including activists from the 2019 uprising. Amid this brutality, a powerful movement of defiance is growing behind prison walls.
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Every Three Hours an Execution: A Voice of Defiance from Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison
As the world marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Iranian regime is escalating its horrifying campaign of state executions. According to human rights reports, more than 1,200 people have been executed in 2025—the highest annual rate in over three decades.
Between October 1 and 15, at least 115 executions took place across Iranian prisons—roughly one every three hours. Most of these are carried out without notifying families or lawyers, and over 60% of the cases lack fair trials. Reports confirm the widespread use of torture and forced confessions. Among those executed are women, juveniles, and political prisoners, including activists from the 2019 uprising. Amid this brutality, a powerful movement of defiance is growing behind prison walls.
A historic uprising inside prison walls
In Ghezel Hesar Prison, between 1,500 and 1,700 death-row inmates have launched a historic hunger strike to protest the daily executions. When prison officials tried to silence them by threatening to cut off food and supplies, their response became a symbol of courage: “Close everything. There’s no color darker than this.”
From inside one of the darkest places on earth, these men and women are shouting the simplest human plea: Let us live. The cases of Mohammadjavad Vafaei-Sani, a boxer and 2019 protester, and Ehsan Faridi, a 22-year-old student, are just two examples of individuals who have been condemned to execution without a fair trial. Their cases, like so many others, are based on torture and forced confessions, as documented by multiple human rights organizations.
Families’ resistance, at great personal risk
Outside the prisons, families gather in despair and hope, risking their lives to speak out. In a recent video, several parents speak directly to the world, including the parents of Vahid Beni-Amarian, a 32-year-old university lecturer at risk of execution. His mother’s words embody the courage of thousands of Iranian families who live between fear and defiance, refusing to let death be normalized: “No to execution—for anyone.”
The Verein Welle association has launched a campaign to amplify these voices and to push for an immediate halt to executions in Iran. We are focusing on three key areas:
- Urgent International Advocacy: Coordinated pressure on the UN, EU, and national governments to suspend executions.
- Legal and Humanitarian Support: Funding for defense lawyers, psychological care, and travel assistance for affected families.
- Global Awareness Campaign: Producing multilingual reports, documentaries, and survivor testimonies.
Take action: your voice can save a life
When one human life ends every three hours, silence is no longer neutrality—it is complicity. We call on people in Switzerland, Europe, and worldwide to stand with the people of Iran.
- Donate to support legal defense and families in crisis.
- Share these stories and videos to break the silence.
- Sign and spread the global petition to stop executions.
Together, we can make sure that no one in Iran is executed in silence.
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