Breathing in Confinement

executions
December 26th, 2020

Execution of the political prisoner, Abdul Hamid Mirblouch Zehi in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: Mostafa Nili, the lawyer of political prisoner Abdolhamid Mirblouch Zehi, Tweeted that his client had been executed in Zahedan Prison.

December 25th, 2020

Two prisoners in Zanjan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 25, 2020: Two prisoners in Zanjan Prison, who were sentenced to death for murder, returned to life with the consent of the victim’s family.

December 21st, 2020

Execution of a Baluch prisoner in Zahedan Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: After spending eight years in death row, a Baloch prisoner was executed in Zahedan Central Prison.     According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on December 20, 2020, a Baloch prisoner named “Abdolbaset Khasht”, the son of Pir Mohammad from the village of Banest in the city of Konarak, […]

December 21st, 2020

Being pardoned by the victim’s family, a child offender saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 21, 2020: A prisoner who was 16 at the time of the alleged crime, was saved from the death penalty with the consent of the victim’s family.

December 21st, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Qom

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: A prisoner sentenced to death on charge of rape, was executed in Qom Prison on December 17, 2020.

December 20th, 2020

Execution of at least 3 prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement, December 20, 2020: At least three prisoners sentenced to death on murder charges in separate cases, were executed on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.

December 17th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Saqez

  Breathing in Confinement, December 17, 2020: A prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder; was executed in Saqez prison on the morning of December 17. at   According to Rokna news agency, on the morning of December 27, the death sentence of a prisoner named M.M. Who had been under execution […]

December 16th, 2020

Complementary report on the beating of political prisoners in Qarchak prison in Varamin

  Breathing in Confinement, December 16, 2020: On Sunday, December 13, 2020, the head of the Women’s Ward in Qarchak Prison, along with 20 male and female anti-riot guards carrying stun guns and batons, entered Ward 8 of Qarchak Prison, where female political prisoners are being kept. By the order of the head of the […]

December 14th, 2020

Execution of two prisoners in Esfarayen

  Breathing in Confinement, December 14, 2020: Two male prisoners were executed in Esfarayen prison on murder charges.     According to Rokna news agency, quoting Nader Nejad, the public prosecutor of Esfarayen, two prisoners were executed in Esfarayen Prison on charge of killing a jewele  

December 9th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mahabad prison

Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of December, 7, 2020, a young prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death on charge of murder, was hanged in Mahabad Prison.     According to the Young Journalists Club, quoting Aslan Heydari, the Public Prosecutor of the City of Mahabad, one of the accused in the murder […]