Death of a Female Prisoner in Vakilabad Prison Following Delay in Medical Treatment
Breathing in Confinement, Friday, 14 August 2026: Taktam Ramezani, a 37-year-old prisoner held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, died after suffering severe pain caused…
Tehran Bus Workers’ Union: “Immediately Halt Executions and Abolish the Death Penalty”
Breathing in Confinement, Friday, 14 August 2026: The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company has issued a statement calling for an…
Report on the Execution of a Prisoner in Dezful Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Monday, 10 August 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder”…
Death Row Prisoner Dies in Urmia Prison Following Delay in Transfer to Hospital
Breathing in Confinement, Sunday, 9 August 2026: Nosrat Khaledi, a Kurdish prisoner held in Urmia Prison who had been sentenced to death in a…
18-Year-Old Student and Artist Shaghayegh Afshar Najafi Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Saturday, 8 August 2026: Shaghayegh Afshar Najafi, an 18-year-old student and artist from Qazvin, has been sentenced to prison based on…
Report of Severe Beating of Political Prisoner Hamzeh Darvish in Lakan Prison, Rasht
Breathing in Confinement, Friday, 7 August 2026: Hamzeh Darvish, a political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, has reportedly been severely beaten by…
Former Ahwazi Arab Political Prisoner Transferred to Sheiban Prison After Nine Months of Enforced Disappearance
Breathing in Confinement, Thursday, 6 August 2026: Mohammad Jafar Armeshi, a former Ahwazi Arab political prisoner, has been transferred to Ahvaz Central Prison (Sheiban)…
Execution of a Prisoner in Ardabil Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Thursday, 6 August 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder”…
Mahshad Keshani Re-arrested in Isfahan and Transferred to an Unknown Location
Breathing in Confinement, Tuesday, 4 August 2026: Mahshad Keshani, one of those arrested during the nationwide protests in January this year, was arrested by…
Lawyer Sentenced and Another Summoned on Charge of “Propaganda Against the State”; Judicial Pressure on Defence Lawyers Continues
Breathing in Confinement, Tuesday, 4 August 2026: Babak Eslami Farsani, a lawyer, has been sentenced to imprisonment on the charge of “propaganda against the…