Breathing in Confinement

religious minorities
February 18th, 2024

Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i citizen, sentenced to 9 years in prison

  February 16, 2024 News Category: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – “Breathing in Confinement”: on February 16, 2024, Keyvan Rahimian, a Baha’i citizen, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to nine years in prison, six years of deprivation from social rights, as well as a cash penalty. According to the “Breathing in Confinement,” the news […]

December 26th, 2023

Monthly report on human rights violations in Iran in December 2023

  December 23, 2023 News group: protests – execution – ethnic minorities – students – women – suppression – 2022 uprising – teachers – Breathing in Confinement: Statistics Center of the  Prisoners’  Rights League in Iran published a monthly report on human rights violations in Iran. According to this report, at least 105 prisoners have […]

November 5th, 2023

Ghasem Abesteh Executed in Ghezelhasar Prison

November 5, 2023 News Categories: Execution – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: In the early morning of Sunday, November 5, Ghasem Abesteh, a Sunni prisoner, was executed after enduring nearly 14 years of imprisonment in Ghezelhasar Prison in Karaj. According to ‘Breathing in Confinement,’ the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, today, […]

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 […]

September 15th, 2022

To serve her sentence, Zhila Shahriari arrested and transferred to Evin prison 

September 12, 2022 News group: religious minorities – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, September 11, 2022, Zhila Shahriari, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested as per the order of a judge in branch 1 of the Evin prison’s Prosecution Office. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

August 1st, 2022

Security agents search the homes of at least 30 Baha’i citizens, confiscate their personal belongings, and arrest at least 7 

  July 31, 2022 News group: religious minorities – Breathing  in Confinement: On July 31, security forces raided the homes of at least 30 Baha’i citizens in the cities of Karaj, Tehran, Sari, Qazvin and Shiraz. The agents searched their homes and seized their electronic devices along with their other personal belongings. In addition, security […]

August 1st, 2022

ُSecurity agents in Tehran arrested Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Shahriari

July 31, 2022 News group: ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 31, Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Shahriari, members of the Leaders Board of Baha’i Community in Iran, were arrested by security forces at their home in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]

July 31st, 2022

Security agents in Karaj search the homes and workplaces of some of Bahai’s citizens, seizing  their personal belongings, and arresting two of them.

  July 31, 2022 News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 31, 2022, security agents in Karaj searched the homes and workplaces of some Baha’i citizens and arrested two of them and took them to an unknown location. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]

July 31st, 2022

Evin Prison: 120 political prisoners are being kept in Ward 8/ their names and length of conviction

  July 30, 2022 News group: Freedom of expression – Religious minorities – Ethnic minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The number of political prisoners in Ward 8 of Evin Prison has increased to 120, while this ward lacks the minimum facilities, and the prisoners are denied the hygienic equipment as well as medical […]

July 27th, 2022

Report on human rights violations in Iran from June 20 to July 20, 2022; Execution of at least 49 prisoners

July 27, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Execution – Women – Prisoners – Suppression – Sukhtbars- Breathing in Confinement: Widespread violations of human rights with massive arrests and violent treatment of protesting citizens continued in the past month. In particular a significant intensification of repressive acts of the so called “Gasht Ershad” (police agents who arrest […]