Breathing in Confinement

Mashhad
June 8th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement: A 67-year-old prisoner, sentenced to death on the charge of rape, was executed on Monday morning, June 1, in Mashhad Central Prison.

December 23rd, 2019

Release from execution after 10 years of imprisonment in Mashhad

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s relatives, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder was saved from execution. According to Khorasan Daily, after 10 years in jail, a prisoner in Mashhad was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family. The case opened on September 28, 2010, […]

May 17th, 2016

13 Executions Carried Out in 3 Cities this Morning

Breathing in Confinement – 13 prisoners were executed in different cities in Iran. One of these executions was done in the public in Mashhad. According to Rokna News Agency, a prisoner who was charged with murder of a jeweler in Mashhad was hanged in public near the scene, on May 17, and his accomplice has […]

August 9th, 2015

Sirvan Najhavi, Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed In Tabriz Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Sirvan Najhavi, Kurdish political prisoner in Tabriz Central Prison was hanged. Also, another prisoner in the prison of Isfahan and 2 others in Mashhad were executed in public. HRANA News Agency reported Sirvan Najhavi’s execution and quoted his brother as saying that “Tabriz Central Prison authorities have called his family to […]