Escalating Pressure on Political Prisoners Amid Iran–Israel Tensions: Ali Younesi Transferred to Unknown Location
18-June-2025
Category: Uncategorized
18 June 2025
News category: Prisoners
Breathing in Confinement – Concerns are mounting over the fate of political prisoner and elite student Ali Younesi, who was transferred from Evin Prison to an undisclosed location on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Ali Younesi—an award-winning student and political prisoner held in Evin Prison—was taken by security agents to an unknown destination. The news was made public based on a statement by Aida Younesi, his sister, who posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter):
“Today, intelligence agents forcibly abducted my brother, Ali Younesi, from Evin Prison and transferred him to an undisclosed location. My mother suffered a nervous breakdown out of sheer anxiety. I have no idea where they’ve taken Ali. Shame on you for continuing to torment political prisoners even in times like this, taking out your rage and hatred on them. Your shamelessness knows no bounds.”
As of the time of this report, there is no official information on Ali Younesi’s whereabouts or his physical and psychological condition, further deepening concerns among his family and human rights defenders.
Breathing in Confinement expresses deep concern over the continued policy of pressure and repression against political prisoners—particularly in the context of escalating tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel—and warns that exploiting political crises as a pretext to inflict violence and violate prisoners’ fundamental rights constitutes a clear breach of Iran’s international human rights obligations.