Mehdi Shafakhah, Advocate for Working Children, Sentenced to Two Years and Three Months in Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Sunday, 6 September 2026: Mehdi Shafakhah, a volunteer coach and advocate for working children, has been sentenced to prison by the…
Continued Pressure on Lawyers; Two Attorneys in Shiraz Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Sunday, 6 September 2026: Two attorneys in Shiraz have been sentenced to prison on charges of “propaganda against the system” and…
12 January Protesters in Sabzevar Sentenced to Prison and Additional Punishments; 17-Year-Old Among Those Convicted
Breathing in Confinement, Sunday, 6 September 2026: Twelve residents of Sabzevar, including a 17-year-old teenager, who were arrested in connection with the January protests…
14-Year Prison Sentence Issued for Saman Ghaderi, Arrested During the January Protests
Breathing in Confinement, Friday, 4 September 2026: Saman Ghaderi, a political prisoner currently held in Greater Tehran Prison and one of those arrested in…
Execution of a Prisoner in Mashhad Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Thursday, 3 September 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a charge of…
One Step Away from Execution: Alireza Sepahi’s Retrial Request Rejected by a Parallel Branch Without Judicial Review
Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 2 September 2026: The parallel branch assigned to review the case of Alireza Sepahi Badjani, a political prisoner sentenced to…
Death Sentence Carried Out in Shiraz Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 2 September 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a charge of…
Execution of a Prisoner in Rasht Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 2 September 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a charge of…
Execution of Ali Mirzaei, a Singer from Babol, in Babol Prison
Breathing in Confinement, Wednesday, 2 September 2026: The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on a charge of…
New Case Brought Against Political Prisoner Manouchehr Bakhtiari, Father of Pouya Bakhtiari; Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Breathing in Confinement, 1 September 2026: Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the justice-seeking father of Pouya Bakhtiari and a political prisoner currently held in Bandar Abbas Central…