20 April 2026News Category: Arrests Breathing in Confinement: Sara Shahbazi, a university lecturer, has been arrested by security forces in Sabzevar. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Sara Shahbazi, a university lecturer and a Bakhtiari citizen from Khuzestan, was arrested on 16 March 2026 in the […]
18 April 2026 News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement: Mr Arash Amiri Farsani has been arrested by security forces in the city of Isfahan. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, officers from the Isfahan Intelligence Department raided the private residence of Arash Amiri Farsani on 13 […]
15 April 2026 News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Parsa Golchin, a literature student at the University of Tehran and a gold medalist in the Literary Olympiad, has been arrested in Mashhad. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Parsa Golchin, a 2024-entry student in […]
16 February 2026News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement – Ali Parvin, a student of pharmacy at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, was arrested this morning in Tabriz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Parvin, a pharmacy student at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Secretary […]
16 February 2026News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement – On Monday, 16 February 2026, Hadi Sharifzadeh, a lawyer, was arrested at his home in Shiraz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Hadi Sharifzadeh, a licensed attorney and member of the Iranian Bar Association, was arrested today […]
11 February 2026News category: Arrest Breathing in Confinement – Abolfazl Ghasemi Amoudizej, an 18-year-old teenager from Tabriz, has been subjected to enforced disappearance for more than one month since the January 2026 protests. To date, no official information has been provided regarding his place of detention or his physical condition. According to Breathing in Confinement, […]
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: 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 […]