About 1500 prisoners in the notorious Ghezelhesar prison, Karaj, northwestern Tehran started a hunger strike on Saturday, May 30, 2015 to protest the vicious increase in the number of executions, according to report from inside Iran.
The hunger striking prisoners are from Hall 1, 2 and 3 of ward 2 of Ghezelhesar prison.
A large number of them are in death row and face an imminent execution. It is understood that this hunger strike would continue on Sunday as well.