Breathing in Confinement

executions
August 15th, 2021

Supreme Court rejects Haidar Ghorbani’s request for retrial

14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 27 of the Supreme Court rejected Haidar Ghorbani’s request for the application of Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Ghorbani is a political prisoner who has been sentenced to death.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

August 11th, 2021

Sweden tries Hamid Nouri over the massacre of political prisoners in 1988

10-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The trial of Hamid Nouri, Assistant Prosecutor of Gohardasht Prison in the 1980s, began on Tuesday, August 19, 2021, in Stockholm, Sweden, on charges of “participating in the mass executions of political prisoners in the summer of 1988,” as well as “murder, […]

August 2nd, 2021

Execution of three prisoners in Urmia Prison

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: This morning, Monday, August 2, three prisoners sentenced to death for “drug offences,” were executed in Urmia Prison. The three prisoners who were executed in Urmia Central Prison, have been identified as Sepehr Abbasnejad, son of Bahman, Eskandar Zare, son of Ibrahim, and Hamzeh Rezaei, son of Reza. […]

July 24th, 2021

Monthly report on the violation of human rights in Iran from June 20 to July 20, 2021

24-July-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners – Execution of at least 34 prisoners Arrest of more than 90 civil, ideological and political activists in various cities Issuance/confirmation of at least 127 years, 11 months and 18 days of imprisonment for civil rights activists, religious minorities, labor and human rights activists   Breathing […]

July 10th, 2021

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad

10-July-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, July 5, a prisoner sentenced to death for murder, was executed in Mashhad Prison.   According to Khorasan newspaper, at dawn on Monday, July 5, 2021, a prisoner was executed in Mashhad prison. The report has identified the prisoner as Ali-P, 45. Ali’s sentence had been […]

July 1st, 2021

Ali Khamenei appoints Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, another human rights violator, as the head of the judiciary

1-July-2021 Newsgroup: Execution, Prisoners, Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: On July 7, 2021, Ali Khamenei appointed Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei as the head of the judiciary.   According to Fars News Agency, Ali Khamenei, in his decree, referred to Mohseni Ejei as the one who is “having valuable experiences as well as profound […]

June 28th, 2021

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: A veteran torturer in Iran becomes president

June 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression- Prisoners- Execution   Every Iranian with a history of even a day in detention is a victim of torture.   Breathing in Confinement: With the aim of vanishing all types of torture, the UN General Assembly has designated June 26 as the World Day in Support of Victims […]

June 20th, 2021

The main violator of human rights in Iran and the notorious perpetrator of crimes against humanity becomes the new President of Iran

19-June-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution Breathing in Confinement: Ebrahim Raisi, a member of “death delegate” in the massacre of political prisoners in  1988, was announced as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic. As usual, the officials of the Islamic Republic, after manipulating the votes and the statistics of the election, announced that […]

May 23rd, 2021

Monthly report on human rights violations in Iran from April 20 to May 20, 2021

22-May-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Prisoners –   From April 20 to May 20, 2021 Execution of at least 13 prisoners and issuance of 3 death sentences Detention of at least 195 civil, political, and social media activists Sentencing 15 political and ideological activists to 99 years, 8 months and 6 days […]

April 11th, 2021

Two prisoners in Mazandaran saved from execution

11-April-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victims’ families, two prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death in Mazandaran Prison for murder, were released from prison. According to Mazandaran Province Public Relations of the Justice, two prisoners sentenced to death, were rescued from the gallows after obtaining the consent of […]