Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
February 18th, 2025

At Least Three Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinement for Execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison

  February 17, 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – On Monday, February 17, 2025, at least three prisoners who had been arrested and sentenced to death on drug related charges were transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in preparation for execution. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the […]

February 17th, 2025

Increase in the Number of Detainees from the Dehdasht Protests; Identities of 12 Individuals Confirmed

  February 17, 2025 News Category: Arrests – Women – Prisoners – Repression Breathing in Confinement, Saturday, February 15, 2025 – The number of detainees from the recent protests in Dehdasht has increased, and so far, the identities of 12 individuals have been confirmed. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

January 26th, 2025

Imminent Risk of Execution; Sudden Transfer of Political Prisoners Behrouz Ehsani Eslamloo and Mehdi Hassani to Ghezel Hesar Prison

  January 26, 2025 Category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, January 26, 2025, two political prisoners sentenced to death, Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani Eslamloo, were suddenly transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the two political prisoners, Behrouz Ehsani […]

January 21st, 2025

Sixteen Protests and Demonstrations Held Across Iran on Sunday

January 20, 2025 News Category: Protests – Pensioners – Workers and Guilds Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, January 19, 2025, at least 16 protests and demonstrations were held in various parts of Iran, highlighting public discontent over dire living conditions, discrimination, and injustice. These protests reflect the deep dissatisfaction of different social groups with the […]

January 17th, 2025

Expansion of Political Prisoners’ Hunger Strike in the 51st Week of “Tuesdays Against Execution” to 34 Prisons Across the Country

January 16, 2025 News Category: Protests – Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, January 14, at least 36 demonstrations and protest actions were carried out by citizens and political prisoners. According to Breathing in Confinement, the Statistics Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the hunger strike by political prisoners, titled “Tuesdays Protest Against […]

January 7th, 2025

The 50th Week of “No to Execution Tuesdays” Across 30 Prisons, Accompanied by 8 Protests and Demonstrations

  January 7, 2025 News Group: Protests – Prisoners – Workers and Guilds Breathing in Confinement: on Tuesday, January 7, at least 38 protests and demonstrations were held by various groups of people and political prisoners. According to the Statistical Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the 50th week of the political prisoners’ […]

December 10th, 2024

Qezel Hesar Prison: Transfer of 11 Death Row Inmates to Solitary Confinement for Execution

10 December 2024 News Category: Prisoners “Breathing in Confinement”: On Monday, 9 December 2024, 11 prisoners convicted of “murder” and drug-related crimes were transferred to solitary confinement in Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj to await execution. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, these 11 inmates were […]

December 7th, 2024

Report on the Death of Ali-Asghar Beheshti Under Torture at Faridan Police Station

December 7, 2024 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, December 3, a detainee accused of drug-related offenses died under torture at Faridan Police Station. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Human Rights League of Iranian Prisoners, Ali-Asghar Beheshti, who had been arrested on charges of drug-related crimes, lost his […]

November 30th, 2024

Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a 2022 Uprising Detainee, Sentenced to Death

November 30, 2024 Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a political prisoner held in Urmia Prison, has been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court of Urmia. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mehrab Abdollahzadeh was sentenced to death by the First Branch of the Revolutionary […]

November 30th, 2024

Death Sentences for Six Political Prisoners; Two Co-Defendants Sentenced to Imprisonment

November 30, 2024 Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement, Saturday, November 30, 2024: Six political prisoners held in Evin Prison have been sentenced to death by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the six political […]