3 February 2026News Category: Political Prisoners’ Hunger Strike – Breathing in Confinement – The hunger strike of political prisoners participating in the “Tuesdays Against Execution” campaign has entered its 106th week, spanning 56 prisons across the country. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the statement issued […]
2 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Dr Shamsi Abbasalizadeh, a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, sustained a traumatic brain injury as a result of severe beating during her arrest for participating in popular protests in Tabriz, and was subsequently hospitalised at Mahalati Hospital. Dr Abbasalizadeh is a well-known and widely respected […]
4 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Amid the continued wave of widespread arrests following the violent crackdown on the nationwide protests of January 2026, Somayeh Heydari, 23 years old and a physics student at Tabriz University, has been arrested by security forces in the city. According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]
4 February 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, 3 February 2026, the death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Tabriz Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]
4 February 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Mahtab Salehi, a student of French language at Tabriz University, has been arrested in connection with the protests of January 2026 in Tabriz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mahtab Salehi, 23 years old and a […]
31 January 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Three members of the family of Babak Alipour, a political prisoner sentenced to death, were arrested by security forces while returning from a visit with him. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Omm-ol-Banin Dehghan (mother), Maryam […]
29 January 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentences of at least two prisoners, who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to execution, were carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the […]
28 January 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Ghezel Hesar Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the […]
25 January 2026News Category: Arrest – Breathing in Confinement – Following a protest gathering held in recent days by residents of Najafabad outside the city’s courthouse—organised to protest the arrest of demonstrators and to seek information on the legal status of their detained children—security forces intervened and dispersed the crowd. According to reports from local […]
25 January 2026News Category: Execution – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of at least one prisoner, who had previously been arrested on charges of “murder” and sentenced to execution, was carried out at Khomeini Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in the […]