Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
October 16th, 2025

Twenty Years’ Imprisonment for Eight Political Activists; Summoned to Kermanshah Prison to Serve Sentences

16 October 2025News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – Eight citizens and political activists from Javanrud and Sarpol-e Zahab have been summoned to the Enforcement of Judgments office of the Kermanshah judiciary to begin serving their prison terms. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, those summoned […]

October 14th, 2025

No to Executions – Hunger Strike Expands in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Protest Against the Wave of Executions

14 October 2025News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – As part of the growing wave of protests against the unprecedented surge in executions across Iran, on Tuesday the prisoners of Ward 3 of Ghezel Hesar Prison joined those in Ward 2 in a hunger strike, declaring their solidarity with their fellow inmates. This protest coincides […]

October 14th, 2025

Political Prisoners Support Ghezel Hesar Hunger Strike: A Unified Cry Against the Wave of Executions

14 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – As the nationwide “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign reaches its ninetieth week and the call for freedom grows louder, prisoners in Ghezel Hesar have staged a sit-in and returned prison meals in protest—not only against the widespread wave of executions, but also to demand justice and […]

October 13th, 2025

Sit-in and Hunger Strike by Prisoners in Ward 2 of Ghezel Hessar Prison in Protest at the Widespread Executions

  13 October 2025 News category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – In continuation of the protests against the extensive wave of executions in Ghezel Hessar Prison, a group of prisoners in Ward 2 of the facility have launched a hunger strike and sit-in. This protest began after at least 19 prisoners were transferred to […]

October 13th, 2025

Report on the Arrest of Ms Manizheh Hassani-Fard in Karaj

  12 October 2025 News group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement — the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran — reports that Ms Manizheh Hassani-Fard, a 62-year-old citizen originally from Tabriz and residing in Karaj, has been in custody for over two months and is being held at Fardis Prison […]

October 12th, 2025

Transfer of Three Prisoners Sentenced to Death to Solitary Confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison

  12 October 2025 Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – At least three prisoners convicted of “enmity against God (moharebeh) through armed robbery” have been transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj for the implementation of their death sentences. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League […]

October 11th, 2025

Execution of Finger-Amputation Sentence: A Sign of the Islamic Republic’s Inhumane and Regressive Penal System

10 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Amputation of Fingers – Breathing in Confinement – The inhumane sentence of amputating four fingers of the right hand of a prisoner previously arrested on a charge of “theft” was carried out in Isfahan Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, on 10 October 2025, the amputation sentence against Mohsen […]

October 9th, 2025

Collective Transfer of Women Political Prisoners from Qarchak to Evin after Weeks in Critical Conditions

  9 October 2025 News category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Women political prisoners who had been transferred to Qarchak Varamin Prison after the Israeli military attack on Evin Prison and the destruction of parts of its facilities were collectively returned to Ward 6 of Evin Prison on Thursday, 9 October 2025. According to […]

October 9th, 2025

Death Sentence of Political Prisoner and 22-Year-Old Student Ehsan Faridi Upheld by the Supreme Court

  9 October 2025 News category: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – The death sentence of Ehsan Faridi, a 22-year-old political prisoner and student at the University of Tabriz, has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Iran. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, citing lawyer […]

October 6th, 2025

Death of a Death-Row Prisoner in Nowshahr Prison Due to Pressure and Denial of Medical Care

6 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – A prisoner at Nowshahr Prison has died due to the lack of timely medical attention and delays in transfer to external medical facilities. According to Breathing in Confinement, Kiomars Ghorbankhani (Davari), a death-row prisoner previously arrested on drug-related charges for carrying ten kilograms of heroin, […]