StopExecutionsinIran

‏#اعدام_نکنید

"#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 is not (in its original Persian form of "اعدام_نکنید") was created after news of the confirmed execution order. It quickly went viral, trending at number one on Twitter for two hours. It also became the top trending hashtag in Germany, ranked second in Canada, and reached ninth place in the UK. Despite internet disruptions in Iran during the hashtag's rise, it still surpassed 8 million mentions by the early hours of July 15, 2020. 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.

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