Second Day of Strike and Sit-in by 1,500 Death-Row Prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison
Iranian Resistance calls for urgent international action to save the lives of death-row prisoners
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Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, a widespread strike and sit-in by approximately 1,500 death-row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison continued for the second consecutive day. This protest, which began on Monday, July 13, was launched to protest the transfer of six of their cellmates to solitary confinement for execution, as well as the continuous issuance and execution of death sentences.
The striking prisoners are demanding an immediate halt to the regime’s execution machine, legal reforms, and the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related charges. In October 2025, these prisoners also went on a seven-day hunger strike, forcing the regime to postpone the execution of death sentences.
The death-row prisoners of Unit 2 at Ghezel Hesar have declared that they will continue their resistance until their demands to halt the executions are met.
The Iranian Resistance once again calls on the United Nations and all international human rights organizations for urgent and effective action to save the lives of death-row prisoners in Iran and re-emphasizes the need for an international fact-finding mission to visit the regime’s prisons and meet with the striking prisoners.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
July 14, 2026