21 June 2025 Category: Freedom of Expression – Arrests – Repression Breathing in Confinement – Amid escalating military tensions and clashes between Iran and Israel, the head of the Intelligence Police in Qom Province announced the arrest of 22 individuals on charges such as “collaboration with Israeli intelligence services” and “spreading public anxiety.” According […]
20 June 2025 News Category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – A group of political prisoners at Evin Prison held a protest against the sudden and unexplained transfer of Ali Younesi to an undisclosed location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the morning of 20 […]
19 June 2025News category: Arrests Breathing in Confinement – Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested by security forces on Kish Island and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, this arrest occurred amid an increasingly repressive atmosphere and a new wave of […]
19 June 2025 News Category: Freedom of Expression – Arrests Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, 17 June 2025, a resident of Behbahan was arrested for publishing a satirical video related to the Israeli attack. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Shahbazi, a Behbahan […]
18 June 2025News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – Concerns are mounting over the fate of political prisoner and elite student Ali Younesi, who was transferred from Evin Prison to an undisclosed location on Wednesday, 18 June 2025. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Younesi—an […]
18 June 2025News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – On Monday, 16 June 2025, two young protesters, Yasin Kabdani (aged 20) and Mohammad Darvish Narouei (aged 21), were sentenced to death by a branch of the Revolutionary Court in Zahedan on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity against God) and “efsad-e fel-arz” (corruption on earth). Both are […]
17 June 2025News category: Execution Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 13 June 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner convicted of “murder” was carried out in Shushtar Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the prisoner was identified as Shapur Ashkani, […]
#16 June 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – On Monday, 16 June 2025, a violent riot broke out in Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah following an Israeli airstrike on a missile production facility affiliated with the Ministry of Defence near the prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights […]
16 June 2025 News Category: Execution Breathing in Confinement – At dawn on Thursday, 13 June 2025, the death sentence of at least one prisoner who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of “murder” was carried out in Shushtar Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ […]
15 June 2025 News Category: Freedom of Expression – Arrests Breathing in Confinement – Sixteen citizens have been arrested in Isfahan for allegedly offering “media support” to Israel by expressing views on social media about the recent Israeli airstrikes. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]