20 April 2026News Category: Arrests Breathing in Confinement: Sara Shahbazi, a university lecturer, has been arrested by security forces in Sabzevar. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Sara Shahbazi, a university lecturer and a Bakhtiari citizen from Khuzestan, was arrested on 16 March 2026 in the […]
20 April 2026 News Category: Executions Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of Hamed Validi and Mohammad Masoum (Nima) Shahi, who had been prosecuted on charges including “enmity against God” (moharebeh) and “membership in the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organisation of Iran,” were carried out in the early hours of 20 April. According to Breathing in Confinement, […]
18 April 2026 News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement: Mr Arash Amiri Farsani has been arrested by security forces in the city of Isfahan. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, officers from the Isfahan Intelligence Department raided the private residence of Arash Amiri Farsani on 13 […]
16 April 2026News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Abbas Yavari, one of those detained during the January 2026 protests, has died in custody as a result of torture. Additionally, two other prisoners in a joint case have been sentenced to death on charges of killing two Basij members. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news […]
URGENT ACTION HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRAN Human rights activist Latif Hasani, a member of Iran’s Azerbaijani minority who is serving a nine-year prison sentence, has been on hunger strike since 18 May in protest at the treatment of political prisoners in Iran. He is a prisoner of conscience who must be […]