Breathing in Confinement

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September 21st, 2020

The lives of four Arab prisoners are in danger

Breathing in Confinement: Four Arab political prisoners were transferred from Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location. The death sentences for three of them have already been upheld by the Supreme Court, which is raising the concerns about them being executed.   According to Ahvaz Human Rights Sources, quoting Khakzadegan, on September 20, 2020, […]

September 12th, 2020

Iran executes Navid Afkari, a wrestling national champion from the City of Shiraz

Breathing in Confinement: Despite the global protest campaign, Navid Afkari, a wrestler from the City of Shiraz, was executed in Shiraz Prison this morning (September 12, 2020). He had been arrested during the November 2018 protests and had been sentenced to death on several charges. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]

August 30th, 2020

Shiraz protests; issuance and upholding two times execution for a wrestler as well as imprisonment and flogging for two of his brothers

Breathing in Confinement: Navid, Vahid, and Habib Afkari Sangari, three brothers who had been arrested in the City of Shiraz at the time of the nationwide protests in August 2018, were tried in both the Revolutionary Court and the Criminal Court in Shiraz. According to the verdicts, Navid Afkari has sentenced to death twice plus […]

August 23rd, 2020

Report on the execution of three prisoners, including a female prisoner in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad

Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, four prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death on murder charges, were executed in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. And at least one woman was among those executed.

August 9th, 2020

Execution of at least two prisoners in Langrood Prison in Qom

Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of two prisoners who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking were carried out on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Langrood Prison in Qom.

August 6th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Lakan prison in Rasht

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner who more than 4 years ago was arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of murder, was executed on the morning of August 6, 2020, in Lakan Prison in Rasht.

August 5th, 2020

Mostafa Salehi, one of the protesters in December 2017, was executed in Isfahan prison

Breathing in Confinement: Mostafa Salehi, who had been arrested during the protests in December 2017, was executed in Isfahan prison at dawn on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Mostafa Salehi, was one of the December 2017 protesters, from the Conty of Kahriz Sang, in the Central District of Najafabad City, in Isfahan Province. He had been […]

August 2nd, 2020

Execution of three prisoners in Hamedan prison

Breathing in Confinement: Three prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death by Hamadan Criminal Court on rape charges, were executed in the last week.

July 25th, 2020

Three prisoners released from execution in Andimeshk, Khorramdareh and Rasht prisons

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s families, three prisoners who were sentenced to death for murder in separate cases and were being held in prison in Andimeshk, Khorramdareh, and Rasht, were released from execution.

July 22nd, 2020

After 18 years of being under the death sentence, two prisoners in Lamerd are released from execution

  Breathing in Confinement: Two prisoners who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges in two separate cases, were released from prison after being pardoned by the victims’ families.   According to the ISNA news agency, with the consent of the blood owners, two prisoners were saved from execution while one […]