"#StopExecutionsInIran" (Persian: اعدام نکنید#) is a hashtag originated on July 14, 2020, in response to the news of the order of executions for three young men by the names of Amir Hossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi, and Saeed Tamjidi; who were among the protesters in the 2019–2020 Iranian protests. The hashtag (in its original Persian form of "اعدام_نکنید") was conceived after the news of their order of execution was confirmed, and managed to be on top of the trending page on Twitter for two hours,[1][2] being the first trending hashtag in Germany, second in Canada and even reaching ninth in England. Though there were interruptions of the Iran's bandwidth during the hashtag's lifespan, it managed to pass 8 million mentions by the dawn of July 15, 2020.[3][4] It is also worth noting that since Twitter is blocked by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran, almost all of the twitter users from Iran need to use a VPN; thus the location of the tweets that are sent from Iran are disguised as the destination location of their chosen VPN service. The hashtag resurged in popularity after the death of wrestler Navid Afkari, who was believed to have been pressured to confess to murder.[5]
- ^ "#اعدام_نکنید: ایرانیان صدای خود را با داغ‌کردن یک هشتگ، جهانی کردند". iranhr.net (in Persian). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ ""#اعدام نکنید"؛ واکنش گسترده به حکم اعدام معترضان آبان". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "اعتراض میلیونی به حکم اعدام سه معترض آبان با هشتگ "اعدام نکنید"؛ اختلال در اینترنت". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "هشتگ #اعدام_نکنید در صدر ترند‌های جهانی توئیتر". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ Frenkel, Sheera (January 2, 2018). "Iranian Authorities Block Access to Social Media Tools". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 17, 2020.