27 July 2025News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – On Sunday morning, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence, accompanied by over 100 armed special guard forces, stormed Ward 4 of Ghezel Hesar Prison under the orders of prison authorities. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the […]
26 July 2025 News Categories: Freedom of Expression – Protests – Executions – Ethnic Minorities – Sexual Minorities – Arrests – Pensioners – Women – Prisoners – Repression – Workers and Guilds – Teachers Breathing in Confinement – The Statistical Center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran has published its report on human rights […]
26 July 2025News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – At least one prisoner sentenced to death on charges of “murder” has been transferred to solitary confinement in Central Isfahan Prison in preparation for the execution of his sentence. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Friday, […]
25 July 2025News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – Yaqub Derakhshan, a 50-year-old political prisoner from Ardabil and resident of Bandar Anzali, currently held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, has been sentenced to death by Branch One of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht, presided over by Judge Ahmad Darvish-Goftar. The issuance of this sentence was […]
22 July 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – A hearing regarding new charges against Amirhossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, two imprisoned elite students, was held on Sunday, 20 July, at Branch 23 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. However, Ali Younesi was not allowed to attend the session, despite his lawyers’ repeated efforts. According […]
21 July 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – The family of Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, has written a heartfelt letter full of sorrow and hope to Ms. Mai Sato, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, warning against his unlawful transfer to […]
19 July 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – Saeed Masouri, one of Iran’s longest-held political prisoners, is on the verge of being forcibly transferred to Zahedan Prison without any legal ruling. This action, issued verbally by judicial authorities and without an official court verdict, stands in clear violation of domestic legal standards […]
18 July 2025 News Category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – At least two prisoners, identified as Mohammad Eshtarak and Alireza Eshtarak, who were charged with rape and kidnapping, have been transferred to solitary confinement in Amirabad Prison, Gorgan, in preparation for the implementation of their death sentences. According to Breathing in Confinement, the […]
19 July 2025 News category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Following a violent attempt by security forces on Wednesday, 16 July, to forcibly transfer Saeed Masouri—the longest-held political prisoner of the Islamic Republic—which was thwarted by his and other political prisoners’ resistance, concerns persist over continued and escalating repressive actions. In a statement titled […]
16 July 2025 News Group: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – According to credible sources inside Ghezel Hesar Prison, on Wednesday morning, Ministry of Intelligence agents launched a sudden raid on Ward 4 of the political prisoners’ section and attempted to transfer veteran political prisoner Saeed Masouri to an undisclosed location without prior notice and […]