Iranian activists go on hunger strike over execution of protestor Mohammad Ghobadlou

Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, was executed in Iran on Tuesday.

LONDON -- Dozens of Iranian women political prisoners went on a hunger strike Thursday in protest of the execution of Iranian protester Mohammad Ghobadlou.

The announcement of the hunger strike was made on the Instagram account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who is among the 61 women on strike at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran.

Since the announcement, many prominent Iranian artists and activists have stated they're joining the symbolic collective hunger strike from around the world.

Ghobadlou, who was hanged Tuesday by the Islamic Republic, was arrested in September 2022 during the bloody "Woman Life Freedom" protests that swept the nation. The 23-year-old was executed despite an international outcry. His lawyer, Amir Raisian, described this execution as a "murder" and an act without "any legal bases" as his client's court sentence had been initially overruled by the Iranian Supreme Court. Raisian announced on his X account he received the notice of the execution the night before Ghobaldou was hanged.

Ghobadlou was accused of "waging war against God" and "corruption on Earth," both crimes punishable by death in the Islamic Republic of Iran.