Breathing in Confinement

executions
November 26th, 2020

A female prisoner saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, November 26, 2020: A young woman who had been awaiting execution on a charge of murder, was saved from the death penalty after obtaining the consent victim’s family.

November 26th, 2020

Two prisoners in Karaj and Zahedan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: After obtaining the consent of the victim’s families, two prisoners in Zahedan and Karaj prisons, sentenced to death on murder charges, saved from execution.

November 25th, 2020

Iran transfers Ahmad Reza Jalali to solitary confinement; risk of imminent execution

Breathing in Confinement, November 24, 2020: Ahmad Reza Jalali, a physician, university researcher and a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death, announced on a phone call on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, that he had been transferred to solitary confinement to serve his death sentence.

November 23rd, 2020

After 24 years in in Miandoab prison , a prisoner saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: After twenty-four years of being under the death sentence, a prisoner in Miandoab Prison, returned to life with the consent of the victim’s family.

November 21st, 2020

Three prisoners in Shahroud, saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the blood owners, three prisoners in Shahroud Prison, who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges, were saved from execution.

November 17th, 2020

A prisoner dies under torture in Khorramabad Prison

Breathing in Confinement: An inmate named Farhad Vosoughi, died under torture in Khorramabad Prison.

November 17th, 2020

Two prisoners in Semnan and Zanjan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s family, two prisoners who had been detained on murder charges in Semnan and Zanjan prisons were saved from execution.

November 12th, 2020

A prisoner in Greater Tehran Prison saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner who had been sentenced to retaliation for killing his fellow inmate in Greater Tehran Prison was saved from the death penalty by paying a ransom to and obtaining consent from the victim’s family.

November 8th, 2020

Two prisoners saved from execution in Tabriz and Ilam

Breathing in Confinement: In Tabriz prison, a young man sentenced to death for murder, was saved from the death penalty by the consent of the victim’s family.

November 7th, 2020

A prisoner saved from execution in Ardabil

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the blood owners, a young inmate in Ardabil prison, who had been sentenced to death for murder, returned to life. According to Rokna News Agency, quoting Nasser Atabati, Chief Justice of the City of Ardabil, a 24-year-old man who since 2017, being convicted of murder, was in death row, […]