Breathing in Confinement

executions
January 21st, 2021

Two prisoners saved from execution in Hamedan and Karaj

  Breathing in Confinement, January 21, 2021: Two prisoners, in Hamedan and Karaj, sentenced to death for murder, were saved from death penalty with the consent of victim’s families.   According to Rokna news agency, the prisoner in Hamedan, who five years ago was sentenced to death for murder, retuned to life after obtaining the […]

January 20th, 2021

After being tortured, a Baloch prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 19, 2021, a Baloch prisoner named Anwar Aalizehi, was executed in Zahedan Prison.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, Anwar had been arrested two years ago on drug charges.   “Being unemployed and having poor living condition, Anwar was transferring drugs, before which he had no criminal record,” said […]

January 18th, 2021

Death of a detainee under torture

  Breathing in Confinement, January 17, 2021: A citizen from the City West Islamabad in Kermanshah province, who had been arrested on charge of murder, died twelve days after falling into a coma as a result of being beaten and tortured by intelligence agents.   According to Hengaw Human Rights Organization, on Friday, January 15, […]

January 16th, 2021

Execution of a Baloch prisoner in Zahedan Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement, January 15, 2021: On Thursday, January 14, a Baloch prisoner was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.

January 15th, 2021

After serving 24 years in prison, two prisoners saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January 15, 2021: Two prisoners, under execution for 24 years in Alamut Prison on charges of murder, were saved from the gallows with the consent of victim’s family.

January 5th, 2021

Execution of three prisoners in Zahedan

  Breathing in Confinement, January5, 2021: At dawn on Sunday, January 3, 2021, three prisoners were executed in Zahedan Prison. Two of them were executed while a day before their execution, their request for retrial had been registered.     According to ISNA news agency, on the morning of Sunday, January 3, 2021, three prisoners […]

January 5th, 2021

Two prisoners in Khorramshahr and Tehran saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January5, 2021: Being pardoned by the victims’ families, two prisoners in Khorramshahr and Tehran who were under execution on charge of murder, were saved from the death penalty.

January 5th, 2021

A prisoner in Khodaafarin, saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January5, 2021: Being pardoned by the victim’s family, a prisoner in the City of Khodaafarin , who was sentenced to death for murder, was saved from death penalty.

December 31st, 2020

To serve his death sentence, a political prisoner in Sanandaj prison, transferred to solitary confinement

Breathing in Confinement, December 31, 2020: Heiman Mostafaei, a political prisoner sentenced to death in Sanandaj, was transferred to solitary confinement for execution. The political prisoner had received a sentence of 25 years in prison on a charge of “membership in an opposition party” as well as a death sentence for “participating in the murder […]

December 30th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Sanandaj

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner from Sarvabad who had been sentenced to death for murder was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison.