Women Prisoners Protest Executions at Iranian Prison

Female political prisoners at Qarchak Prison held a protest on Saturday against executions and prison violence.

The prisoners gathered in the quarantine corridor to honor Mehdi Hosseini and Behrooz Ehsani, two political prisoners executed that morning.

The protesters chanted, “We stand until death sentences are abolished,” “Death to the dictator,” and “The execution government must be destroyed.”

Prisoners said several political inmates at Ghezelhesar Prison were beaten and placed in solitary confinement.

They announced that Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner, was transferred to Zahedan Prison.

The protesters supported the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign and called for international action against what they called “systematic violence.”