Families of Prisoners in Iran Demand a Stop to Executions

A recent statement issued by more than 80 family members of prisoners in Iran outlines crimes committed by the Islamic Republic authorities and demands an end to executions.

The text of the statement signed by those listed below is as follows:

Stop Execution of Our Loved Ones

For more than forty-three years, the deepening wound of execution and murder of citizens at the order of state authorities afflicts the body of our society.

Murdering citizens is not limited to the act of execution. In effect, the fall of every innocent protestor, who takes to the streets to solely demand justice against oppression and inequality, results in an ever-growing culture of fear and terror and adds to the number of survivors who demand accountability.

Today, we witness increasing waves of executions based on a range of trumped-up charges against individuals who, under the banner of #WomenLifeFreedom, demand nothing but justice.

We, families wounded by the loss of our loved ones, who were killed either while protesting on the streets or in custody, raise our voices and demand an end to executions. Stay all death sentences. Halt execution for any charge or crime. We no longer allow you to murder our loved ones. 

We invite all conscientious citizens, media outlets, and human rights defenders throughout the globe to join our call to stop all executions in Iran and help rescue our loved ones through any means at your disposal. We repeat our call; we stand together and join our voices to call for an end to capital punishment. Stop executions in Iran.

Parvaneh Al Bouyeh
Farzaneh Mahjoub
Jaber Najafi
Mohammad Ali Nouri
Houriyeh Farajzadeh Tarani
Mashallah Karami
Raheleh Rahemipour
Akram Mesbah
Mansoureh Khosroshahi
Fatemeh Mehdizadeh
Shahram Majdam
Fereshteh Majdam
Faezeh Majdam
Mahnaz Karami
Sakineh Ahmadi
Ali Ketabdar
Morteza Damvar
Fereshteh Jahangiri
Mehdi Shahbazi
Reza Salmanzadeh
Bibi Zahra Bakhtiari
Saba Bakhtiari
Mehrdad Bakhtiari
Asef Bakhtiari
Ehteram Shakouri
Nahid Khodajou Dadkhah
Soraya Yousefi
Akram Neghabi
Khadihej Moghaddam
Akram Nouri
Mahin Nouri
Kheyrollah Nouri
Nina Mousavi
Arghavan Mousavi
Maryam Eyni
Hossein Mousavi
Mitra Ebrahimi
Deniz Toupchi
Zahra Sarhadizadeh
Fatemeh Sarhadizadeh
Mercedeh Manaviparast
Mojgan Manaviparast
Majid Manaviparast
Shida Rajabi
Nasim Kalhori
Bashir Manaviparast 
Homayoun Kalhori
Mahrouz Kalhori
Nikou Nikoui
Farzaneh Barzekar
Aghdas Rezaie
Marziyeh Moghadam
Peyman Rezaie
Jiran Ahmadi
Homa Vafa
Sima Vafa
Akram Abdous
Abbas Khodadadi
Simin Khodadadi
Hamid Kosari
Akram Kosari
Masoumeh Nayeb
Massoud Shekari
Leila Seyfollahi
Parvaneh Rad
Nahid Saebfar
Akram Nasiriyan
Mahboubeh Karami
Zahra Rafiei
Nili Ma’arefi
Abdollah Ma’arefi
Akbar Ma’arefi
Samira Farhadi
Ali Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
Fatemeh Mojtabaei Niaki
Shirin Salimi
Nosrat Farhadi
Arin Shirbisheh
Mohammad Karim Beygi
Mahboubeh Ramezani
Karim Mahmoudi 
Ebrahim Dezvari