Ghezelhesar Prison: To be executed, Ghasem Abesteh transferred to Solitary Confinement November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in a Confinement: On Thursday, November 1, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner who has been under a death sentence for over 14 years, was transferred to […]
October 15, 2023 News Category: Executions – On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty According to the Statistics Centre of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, over the past year (October 11, 2022 – October 10, 2023), at least 730 prisoners have been executed in various prisons across Iran. […]
September 1, 2023 News Category: Protests – Executions – 2022 Uprising – Breathing in Confinement: On the verge of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death and the onset of the 2022 uprising in September, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have intensified their widespread crackdown. The detention of political and social activists, including relatives […]
May 19, 2023 News group: execution – uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Despite the international demands to stop the execution of the accused in the case known as “Khane Isfahan”, on the morning of Friday, May 19, Majid Kazemi Sheikh Shabani, Saleh Mirhashemi Boltaghi and Saeed Yaqoubi Kurdsofla were executed in Isfahan. […]
May 8, 2023 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Yousef Mehrad and Sadrullah Fazli Zare, two prisoners of conscience who had been sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy and sacrilege, were executed on the morning of Monday, May 8, 2023, in Arak Central Prison. According to “Breathing in Cofinement”, quoting “Mizan” news agency, at […]
May 6, 2023 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, May 6, the state media announced the execution of Habib Farajullah Tchaab, an Arab political prisoner and a dual Iranian-Swedish citizen. According to “Breathing in Confinement” quoting Mizan news agency, on Monday, May 6, 2023, the death sentence of Habib Farajullah Tchaab, known […]
May 5, 2023 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in confinement: Over the last 10 days, at least 45 prisoners, including 25 Baloch citizens and 2 women, have been executed in different prisons in Iran of them, only the execution of two prisoners has been officially announced by the state media. This unprecedented rise in the number […]
Introduction: The year 1401 ended while the second half of it coincided with massive and nationwide uprisings against the Islamic Republic. During the uprisings, the repressive forces resorted to violent suppression and killed at least 700 protesters of who at least 70 were children. According to the authorities of the Islamic Republic, at least 80,000 […]
January 4, 2023 Newsgroup: Execution – Iran’s uprising – Breathing in Confinement: Arshia Takdastan, an 18-year-old protester arrested during the nationwide uprising in Nowshahr, was sentenced to death by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court in Sari on charges of corruption on earth and Moharebeh (waging war against God). According to “Breathing […]
December 18, 2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, a prisoner sentenced to death for drug-related charges was executed in Karaj Central Prison. Also, in the last week, at least 15 other prisoners were executed in the cities of Arak, Qazvin, Semnan, Shiraz, Khorram Abad and Hamedan. According to “Breathing […]