A report on the statistics of the executions carried out during Hassan Rouhani’s two terms in office (August 3, 2013 – August 3, 2021)
18-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Gross violations of human rights, including detention, imprisonment, and deportation of civil, political, and ideological activists; expulsion…
Soheila Hijab goes on leave from Qarchak prison in Varamin
17-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, August 14, the political prisoner Soheila Hijab, was sent on a 7 day…
Ongoing detention of 5 lawyers; Human Rights Commission of Iran Central Bar Association issues a protesting statement
15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On August 14, 2021, five lawyers, along with two civil activists and a…
Reduction of the death sentences of three prisoners arrested in November 2019, to a total of 75 years and three days in prison
15-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of three detainees of the November 2019 protests were reduced to a…
Akbar Azad has been transferred to the quarantine ward of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist , Akbar Azad, via a phone call informed his family that he had been…
Arrest of Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei in Tabriz
13-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Two civil activists in Tabriz, Saeed Rezaei and Mehdi Danaei, were arrested by security forces on August…
Arrest of 7 lawyers and civil activists in Tehran; Three of detainees were released
14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, four lawyers and a journalist were arrested by security forces in Tehran and taken…
Supreme Court rejects Haidar Ghorbani’s request for retrial
14-August-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 27 of the Supreme Court rejected Haidar Ghorbani’s request for the application of Article…
Sardasht; No information on the fate of two detained citizens
12-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: More than forty days after the arrest of two Kurdish citizens named “Shawan Sheikh” and “Kaveh Sharifi”…
Covid-19 crisis in women’s ward of Evin Prison; Niloufar Bayani goes on leave
11-August-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 11, Niloufar Bayani, an environmental activist, was sent on leave from Evin…