Ehsan Faridi Student Day Message from Death Row and Parents’ Powerful Call Against Execution

On Iran’s Student Day (December 7, 2025), death-row political prisoner student Ehsan Faridi and his parents release defiant messages from Tabriz Prison against repression, corruption, and execution.

Iran Human Rights Society, Sunday, 7 December 2025 – Ehsan Faridi, a young student facing execution, celebrates Student Day (16 Azar – December 7) from inside Tabriz Central Prison. His parents publish a separate heartfelt message on the same day. Both statements highlight the unbroken spirit of Iranian students who have resisted tyranny for 72 years. They strongly reject the death penalty and defend the right of youth to shape a free future.

Historical Roots of Student Resistance

Iranian students first spilled blood on December 7, 1953. Security forces killed three Tehran University students protesting the Shah’s regime after the coup. That day became December 7 – Student Day. Since then, universities have remained battlegrounds. Dictators fear educated youth more than any army. From the Shah’s time to the current regime, students face arrest, expulsion, torture, and now execution sentences.

Repression Continues 72 Years Later

Today, in 2025, nothing has changed. Students organize protests against economic collapse, corruption, and political mafia networks. In response, authorities dispatch plainclothes agents, close campuses, and issue heavy prison terms. Instead of punishing embezzlers and rent-seekers who bankrupt the country, the regime targets young idealists. Security confrontations rob students of their basic right to participate in building a better Iran.

Parents Speak: Students Are the Nation’s True Capital

Ehsan Faridi’s father and mother stress that youth represent Iran’s most precious resource. They carry hope for tomorrow. Education, scientific research, and free expression fuel progress. No nation advances while chaining its brightest minds. Therefore, society must shield students from threats. Young people must never surrender their dreams. They must march forward with patience and courage on the path of justice and reform.

Mother’s Direct Cry: #NoToExecution

Ehsan’s mother closes her message with a ringing slogan: #NoToExecution. She refuses to let power-hungry officials sacrifice her son or any student for political games. Executing young voices equals murdering the country’s future. Every act of repression against campuses betrays the nation. Student Day demands that Iranians stand united against corruption, mafia rule, and deadly sentences.

Ehsan Faridi Writes from Death Row

Locked in Tabriz Central Prison under a death sentence, Ehsan Faridi still manages to release his own Student Day statement. He recounts daily prison hardships yet celebrates unbroken resistance. He links the 1953 martyrs directly to today’s chained students. In his view, youth – not foreign governments, not tyrannical structures – will decide Iran’s destiny. Students remain the beating heart and living conscience of this land.

Thought Stays Free Even in Chains

This statement reminds us that even in the heart of prison, when the body is in chains, thought can still speak freely and frankly.

At a time when many protesting students and young people or political prisoners face restrictions, exile, detention, or heavy sentences, reviewing such messages reminds us that resistance is not merely a political act but an ethical choice.

Student Day as Eternal Symbol

The voice of Ehsan Faridi, though from behind prison walls, is like the continuation of the historical cry of students who have paid the price for freedom and justice. Once again he shows that the struggle for truth continues even in captivity, and December 7 remains an inspiration for a generation that does not want its future defined by fear and silence.

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