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executions
May 28th, 2022

Execution of Abdullah Brahui in Zahedan Prison

May 25, 2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Ethnic Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, May 21, a prisoner sentenced to death on drug charges was executed in Zahedan Prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a prisoner was executed for drug-related charges in Zahedan […]

May 28th, 2022

Execution of at least 6 prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj; Tehran prosecutor confirmed one

May 25, 2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at least six prisoners sentenced to death for “murder” or “moharebeh through armed robbery” were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Tehran prosecutor confirmed execution of one prisoner.     According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ […]

May 27th, 2022

A Report on Human Rights Violations, Work Accidents, and Protest Rallies in the Past Month (April 20 – May 20, 2022)

Breathing in Confinement: The Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement) publishes a report on human rights violations, work accidents, and protests rallies over the past month (April 20-May 20, 2022). In the past month, the alarming increase in the issuance and execution of death sentences, along with the widespread […]

May 24th, 2022

A prisoner accused of murder was executed in Shirvan Prison

24-May-2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Sunday, May 22, 2022, the death sentence of a prisoner convicted of murder was carried out in Shirvan Prison in North Khorasan Province. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Sunday, May 22, 2022, a prisoner […]

May 23rd, 2022

Execution of a prisoner accused of killing two rangers in Zanjan prison

23-May-2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At dawn on Monday, May 23, 2022, a prisoner accused of killing two rangers in Zanjan province, whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court, was executed in Zanjan Central Prison. Sadeghi Niaraki, the Chief Justice of Zanjan Province, told Fars News Agency: “The case was […]

May 22nd, 2022

Execution of a prisoner in Isfahan prison

20-May-2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, May 18, 2022, the death sentence of a prisoner arrested for the murder of a police officer was carried out in Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, May 18, 2022, a […]

May 19th, 2022

Since the beginning of this year (March 20, 2022), at least 4 public death sentences have been issued

18-May-2022 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Since the beginning of this Persian year (March 20, 2022), at least 4 public death sentences have been issued by the courts of the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Ghaedi and Sadegh Mahmoudi were both executed in public in Fooladshahr, Isfahan, for the murder of a police officer. An unidentified […]

April 30th, 2022

The secret execution of four prisoners in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan

April 30 -2022 News Group: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On April 21, 2022, four prisoners were secretly executed in Dastgerd prison in Isfahan. One of the prisoners had been charged with “drug related offences”.   According to the Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, April […]

April 30th, 2022

The secret execution of a prisoner in Dezful on charge of killing the commander of the Hussein Abad Police Station in Shoush

April 30 -2022 News Group: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On March 3, 2022, after seven years in prison, the authorities of the Islamic Republic executed a prisoner in Dezful Prison on charge of killing the commander of the Hosseinabad Police Station in Shoush.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]

March 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran last year

Introduction The following report is the conclusion of yearlong efforts of the colleagues of Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran (Breathing in Confinement), which has been provided on the basis of the direct and indirect information collected from numerous human rights sources in the Solar Hijri year of 1400 (corresponding to the period between March 21, […]