Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
October 22nd, 2025

Death of a Prisoner in Shiraz Prison Due to Delayed Transfer to Medical Facilities

  21 October 2025 Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – A prisoner has died in Shiraz Prison due to a delay in being transferred to hospital. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, a prisoner died in Shiraz Prison after a delay […]

October 22nd, 2025

Arrest of Political Prisoner Ehsan Rostami’s Father in Harsin

21 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – On 17 October 2025, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Harsin raided the home of Jahangir Rostami, a retired teacher and cultural activist from the city and the father of political prisoner Ehsan Rostami. After beating him, they arrested Mr Rostami and transferred him […]

October 21st, 2025

“Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign salutes the Ghezel Hesar prisoners and calls on the international community to act to stop the executions

21 October 2025 News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – The “Tuesdays Against Executions” hunger strike by political prisoners was held for its ninety-first week across 52 prisons in the country. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the “Tuesdays Against Executions” campaign, initiated by a […]

October 21st, 2025

Transfer of Ehsan Faridi, a Student on Death Row, to Tabriz Intelligence Office Raises Fears of Torture to Extract Confession

20 October 2025 News Category: Prisoners Breathing in Confinement – The transfer of Ehsan Faridi, a university student and political prisoner sentenced to death, to the Tabriz Intelligence Office has heightened concerns about possible coercion and violations of his human rights. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in […]

October 18th, 2025

Ghezel Hesar Political Prisoners Back the “No to Executions” Hunger Strike by 1,500 Death-Row Prisoners

18 October 2025News group: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Standing up to the execution machinery binds society together. On the sixth day of the hunger strike by prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison, a group of political prisoners at Ghezel Hesar issued a statement supporting and expressing solidarity with the striking inmates. […]

October 17th, 2025

Report from the fourth day of a hunger strike by 1,500 prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison; threat by Tehran’s deputy prosecutor

  17 October 2025News group: Executions – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement – Death-row prisoners held in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison have entered the fourth day of a hunger strike against executions, amid threats from officials including the Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran. According to Breathing in Confinement, 1,500 prisoners in Unit 2 have […]

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 […]