Shortly after being admitted to Evin Prison Medical Centre with the diagnosis of Covid-19, Behnam Moosivand, a political prisoner in Ward 8 of Evin Prison, was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Behnam Moosivand, having symptoms of the Corona-virus infection, was […]
Breathing in Confinement: Navid, Vahid, and Habib Afkari Sangari, three brothers who had been arrested in the City of Shiraz at the time of the nationwide protests in August 2018, were tried in both the Revolutionary Court and the Criminal Court in Shiraz. According to the verdicts, Navid Afkari has sentenced to death twice plus […]
Breathing in Confinement: Following a complaint filed against the residents by Bonyad-e Mostazafan (Foundation of the Oppressed), and after the law enforcement agents along with the municipality staffs were deployed to”Hazrat Abolfazl” village in Ahvaz, to demolish the houses, the residents protested the decision and fought with the police. “In this clash, the unarmed […]
Breathing in Confinement: While on leave from prison, an inmate killed his ex-wife and afterward, went to the police station to confess. He was in prison on a charge of unpaid dowry (the amount of money that at the time of marriage, is mutually agreed to be paid or being committed to be paid by […]
Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, four prisoners who had previously been sentenced to death on murder charges, were executed in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. And at least one woman was among those executed.
Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 6, 2020, to serve her 3 years and 9 months sentence, for participating in the November 2019 protests, Fatemeh Davand was arrested and transferred to Urmia Prison.
Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, security forces simultaneously arrested five Kurdish civil activists from Saqqez, named: Armia Ranjbari, Ali Ghaderi, Heiman Karimi, Hiva, and Varia Amini. They were all transferred them to an unknown location. According to Kurdpa, These before being arrested, their homes were searched and their personal belongings were confiscated. […]
Breathing in Confinement: The death sentences of two prisoners who had previously been arrested and sentenced to death on charges of drug trafficking were carried out on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Langrood Prison in Qom.
Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 7, 2020, the death sentence of Haidar Ghorbani, a political prisoner from Kamyaran, was upheld by Branch 27 of the Supreme Court, and his lawyer was notified of this.
Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner who more than 4 years ago was arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of murder, was executed on the morning of August 6, 2020, in Lakan Prison in Rasht.