Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
November 11th, 2025

Ninety-Fourth Week of the “Tuesdays Against Execution” Campaign Across 54 Prisons

  11 November 2025 News Category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – The political prisoners’ “Tuesdays Against Execution” hunger-strike campaign continued into its ninety-fourth week across 54 prisons nationwide. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on the eve of the anniversary of the bloody November 2019 […]

November 10th, 2025

Violent Transfer of Ehsan Afrashteh Following a Raid by Evin Prison Guards on Ward 7; Imminent Risk of Execution

  10 November 2025 News Category: Executions – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – On Monday morning, the special guard unit of Evin Prison raided Ward 7 with the intention of transferring Ehsan Afrashteh, a death-row prisoner. They violently removed him from the hall and transferred him to an unknown location. During the raid, Afrashteh […]

November 8th, 2025

Approval of the death sentence of political prisoner Reza Abdali by the Supreme Court

7 November 2025 News category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of political prisoner Reza Abdali, held in Ahvaz Prison, has been upheld by the Supreme Court. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, 6 November 2025, the death sentence of Reza […]

November 6th, 2025

Three-week visitation ban for political prisoner Mir-Yousef Younesi

  5 November 2025 News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – Political prisoner Mir-Yousef Younesi has been banned from family visits for three weeks after taking part in a collective action to prevent the transfer of Ehsan Afrashteh for the execution of his death sentence. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the […]

November 5th, 2025

Ninety-Third Week of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” Campaign in 54 Prisons4 November 2025

News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement — The “Tuesdays Against Executions” hunger strike by political prisoners was held this week for the ninety-third time, spanning 54 prisons across the country. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the ninety-third week of the campaign has become a symbol […]

November 2nd, 2025

Bloodiest Month of the Year: Human Rights Violations in Iran — 20 September to 20 October 2025

26 October 2025 News group: Freedom of Expression – Executions – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Workers & Guilds Breathing in Confinement — This report reviews the gravest violations of the right to life and other fundamental human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past month. Based […]

October 29th, 2025

30-year prison sentence for labour activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, held in Rasht Prison

29 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement — According to her lawyer, labour activist and political prisoner Sharifeh Mohammadi, currently held in Lakan (Rasht) Prison, has been sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. As reported by Breathing in Confinement, lawyer Amir Raeesian announced on X that his client’s death sentence had been commuted by […]

October 29th, 2025

Hunger strike of “No to Execution Tuesdays” in 54 prisons, concurrent with 14 protest gatherings

  28 October 2025 News category: Prisoners – Workers and Guilds Breathing in Confinement – Concurrent with the “No to Execution Tuesday” hunger strike in 54 prisons across the country, at least 14 protest gatherings were held by various groups of people in different parts of Iran. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet […]

October 28th, 2025

Expansion of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” Campaign to 54 Prisons Across the Country in the Ninety-Second Week of Resistance

  28 October 2025 News category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – The hunger strike of the “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign by political prisoners, in its ninety-second consecutive week, has expanded to 54 prisons across the country with the joining of the Ilam and Borujerd prisons. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the […]

October 27th, 2025

Death Sentence Issued for 67-Year-Old Political Prisoner Zahra Shahbaz Tabari After a 10-Minute Hearing Without Independent Counsel

25 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Ms. Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a political prisoner held in Rasht Prison, has been sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Ahmad Darvish-Goftar, on the charge of “collaboration with the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK).” According to Breathing in […]