Breathing in Confinement

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June 8th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Shahr e Kord Prison

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner, sentenced to death on the charge of murder, was recently executed.

June 8th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad Central Prison

Breathing in Confinement: A 67-year-old prisoner, sentenced to death on the charge of rape, was executed on Monday morning, June 1, in Mashhad Central Prison.

June 6th, 2020

Four Christian converts are summoned to prison, to serve their five years sentence

Breathing in Confinement: To serve their sentences, four Christian citizens who had previously been sentenced to five years in prison, received a summon from the court, on May 28. According to the summons, for each of these citizens, the same sentences were upheld, and they must appear at the prison within five days of receiving the summons.

June 6th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Mashhad prison

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner, sentenced to death, who had previously been arrested on charges of murder, was executed on June 1, 2020, in Mashhad Central Prison.

June 6th, 2020

A prisoner in Sardasht prison is released from execution

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner in Sardasht Prison, who had previously been sentenced to death on charges of murder, was released from the jail, after being pardoned by the victim’s family.

June 4th, 2020

Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, is threatened to death while under the torture

Breathing in Confinement, May 29, 2020: Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, being detained by the security forces since May 4, is subjected to severe torture to the point of going unconscious.

June 4th, 2020

Saeed Eghbali is transferred to Evin Prison to serve his five years sentence

Breathing in Confinement: After being summoned, Saeed Eghbali, one of the detainees of January 2018 uprising, was arrested on May 31, 2020, and was transferred to Evin prison to serve his five years sentence.

June 4th, 2020

Rashid Naserzadeh’s case is referred to the Court of Appeals

Breathing in Confinement: On May 31, 2020, to be retried, the case of Rashid Naserzadeh, an environmental activist from the County of Oshnavieh, was referred to the Court of Appeal. He had previously been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of conspiracy, gathering, and collusion against the national security, as well as propaganda […]

May 25th, 2020

In the holy month of Ramadan, Friday Imam in the County of Pashamag is Summoned and interrogated

Breathing in Confinement, May 22, 2020: Hafez Akram Koohi, the Friday Imam of Pashamag County in Zahedan, was summoned to and interrogated in the IRGC Intelligence Office in Zahedan.

May 25th, 2020

Appeals court upheld the sentence of 25-year in prison for seven trade union activist teachers in North Khorasan

Breathing in Confinement, May 20, 2020: The Court of Appeals in North Khorasan, upheld the sentence of 25 years in prison for seven activists and directors of North Khorasan Teachers’ Union.