Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Sentenced to Imprisonment, Exile, and Travel Ban
8 February 2026News Category: Prison Sentence – Breathing in Confinement – Ms Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist, has…
Third Death Sentence Issued Against Nasser Bekarzadeh Despite Repeated Overturning by the Supreme Court
6 February 2026News Category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Nasser Bekarzadeh, a security prisoner held at Urmia Prison, has been sentenced to death…
Continuation of the “Tuesdays Against Execution” Hunger Strike by Political Prisoners
3 February 2026News Category: Political Prisoners’ Hunger Strike – Breathing in Confinement – The hunger strike of political prisoners participating in the “Tuesdays Against…
Dr Shamsi Abbasalizadeh Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury Following Beating During Arrest
2 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Dr Shamsi Abbasalizadeh, a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, sustained a traumatic brain injury…
Arrest of Somayeh Heydari, Student at Tabriz University
4 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Amid the continued wave of widespread arrests following the violent crackdown on the nationwide…
Execution of a Prisoner Carried Out in Tabriz Prison
4 February 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, 3 February 2026, the death sentence of at least one prisoner, who…
Arrest of Mahtab Salehi, Student at Tabriz University
4 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Mahtab Salehi, a student of French language at Tabriz University, has been arrested in…
Arrest of Family Members of a Death-Row Political Prisoner Upon Return from Prison Visit
31 January 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Three members of the family of Babak Alipour, a political prisoner sentenced to death,…
Increase in the Number of Executions at Ghezel Hesar Prison
29 January 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentences of at least two prisoners, who had previously been arrested on…
Execution of Saeed Malekian Carried Out in Ghezel Hesar Prison
28 January 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on…