Special Clerical Court sentences a Kurdish cleric to three years in prison
March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Rasoul Hamzehpour, a Kurdish cleric from Piranshahr, was…
Revolutionary Guards kill and injure at least 15 fuel carriers (sukhtbar) in Sistan and Baluchestan
Breathing in Confinement: On February 22, 2021, at least 10 Sukhtbars have been killed and 5 others have been seriously injured after their protest…
UN Human Rights Council calls for a full investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi
Breathing in Confinement: The UN Human Rights Council released a statement calling for a full and transparent investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi.…
Mohammad Irannejad was arrested in Tehran
Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, February 22, 2021, Mohammad Irannejad was arrested by security forces at his bookstore in Tehran and was taken to…
Leila Hosseinzadeh was sentenced to 5 years in prison
Breathing in Confinement: Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student union activist and former political prisoner, was sentenced by Branch 28 of Revolutionary Court in Tehran to…
Suicide of a teenager in Jask out of poverty and unemployment
Breathing in Confinement: Out of poverty and unemployment, a teenager from Jack attempted suicide. According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on February 12, 2021,…
Court of Appeals in Tehran upholds the sentence of 5 years in prison for Marjan Ishaqi
Breathing in Confinement: The Court of Appeals in Tehran upheld the sentence of 5 years imprisonment for Marjan Ishaqi, the political science student at…
Court of Appeals sentences Zahra Mohammadi to 5 years in prison
Breathing in Confinement: Court of Appeals sentenced Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and head of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Kurdistan, to five…
The Court of Appeals upholds the sentences of Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi
Breathing in Confinement: The sentences of two women rights activists, Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi, were upheld by Tehran’s Court of Appeals. Hoda Amid,…
After nineteen years behind the bars, a prisoner saved from execution
Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner in Kurdistan province, sentenced to death for murder, was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family.