Breathing in Confinement

Freedom of Expression
March 5th, 2024

Mehrdad Bakhtiari sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment

  March 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehrdad Bakhtiari, the uncle of Pouya Bakhtiari, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprising, has been sentenced by the Karaj Revolutionary Court to six years of imprisonment, two years of travel ban, and two years of exile […]

March 5th, 2024

Shervin Hajipour receives a sentence of three years of imprisonment and supplementary penalties.

  March 2, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Breathing in Confinement: Shervin Hajipour, an Iranian singer, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to three years and eight months of imprisonment, two years of ban on leaving the country, and other penalties. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news outlet of the Prisoners’ […]

February 5th, 2024

On the first month of the new Gregorian year, at least 93 prisoners in various prisons in Iran were executed.

  February 3, 2024 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Execution – Breathing in Confinement: At least 93 prisoners were executed in January 2024 in various prisons in Iran. Among them, only the execution of 23 prisoners were announced by the state media. According to the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

December 1st, 2023

Summary of Human Rights Violations in Iran from October 20 to November 20, 2023

November 30, 2023 News Group: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Execution of at least 112 prisoners Issuance of death sentences for 11 prisoners and confirmation of death sentences for 7 others by the Supreme Court Issuance of the sentence of 510 lashes Arrest of at least 481 citizens Issuance of a total of 355 […]

November 12th, 2023

Two Citizens  were arrested for Participating in the First Anniversary of the killing of Kian Pirfalak

  November 11, 2023 News Group: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Uprising 2022 Breathing In Confinement: Ali Akwani and Ebrahim Armesh, two citizens from Behbahan, were arrested by security forces after participating in the anniversary of the killing of Kian Pirfalak. According to “Breathing in Confinement,” Ali Akwani and Ebrahim Armesh from Behbahan were […]

November 4th, 2023

Parastou Faridi, a Student at the University of Tabriz was arrested

November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Ethnic Minorities – Students – Women – Suppression Breathing in a Confinement: On Sunday, November 4, 2023, Parastou Faridi, a 20-year-old student from Tabriz and a resident of Tabriz, was detained by security forces at his home and transferred to an undisclosed location. According to ‘Breathing […]

November 4th, 2023

Ghezelhesar Prison: To be executed, Ghasem Abesteh transferred to Solitary Confinement

Ghezelhesar Prison: To be executed, Ghasem Abesteh transferred to Solitary Confinement November 4, 2023 News Categories: Freedom of Speech – Execution – Religious Minorities – Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in a Confinement: On Thursday, November 1, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner who has been under a death sentence for over 14 years, was transferred to […]

July 5th, 2023

The Court of Appeal sentences Golrokh Iraei to five years in prison as well as additional punishments

July 2, 2023 News group: freedom of speech – protests – Breathing in Confinement: Golrokh Iraei, a former political prisoner, was sentenced to five years in prison as well as additional punishments by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran Province. She had previously been sentenced to seven years in prison and additional […]

May 19th, 2023

Prison sentence for two lawyers in Tehran

  May 17, 2023 News group: freedom of expression – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Seifzadeh and Marzieh Nikara, two lawyers, were each sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League, in Iran these two lawyers were […]

November 25th, 2022

A report on human rights violations in Iran from October 20 – November 20, 2022

November 23, 2022 News group: freedom of expression – protests – execution – During the nationwide protests, violations of human rights in Iran have intensified. Using firearms to confront unarmed protesters is a gross violation of human rights. The authorities of the Islamic Republic have killed a large number of children on the streets of […]