Breathing in Confinement

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February 12th, 2020

More than 41 years in prison and 200 lashes for seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan

Breathing in Confinement – On charges of “forming an illegal group aimed at disrupting the national security and propaganda against the system,” seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan convicted of a total of 41 years and 8 months in prison plus 222 lashes and a fine of 3 million toman by Bojnourd Revolutionary and […]

February 3rd, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Zanjan prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Sunday morning, January 26, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder was executed in Zanjan Prison.

February 2nd, 2020

Unawareness of the situation of Alireza Toumar one of the detainees of the November uprising

Breathing in Confinement – On November 16, 2019, in the nationwide demonstrations, Alireza Toumar has been detained at Vanak Square in Tehran but there has been no information on his status since.

January 23rd, 2020

After 22 years in Bandar Abbas prison, an inmate was released from execution

Breathing in Confinement – After 22 years in Bandar Abbas prison, a prisoner, convicted of murdering his colleague was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s relatives.

January 18th, 2020

Eleven arrested in Marvdasht for writing critical posts on Instagram

Breathing in Confinement – on Thursday, January 16, 2020, police commander of  Mardvdasht County announced arresting the administrators of an Instagram page. He described the reason for their arrest  as “creating skepticism towards some of the officials in the city.”

January 15th, 2020

Arrest of Hojjat Emami, a teacher living in the County of Shahin Dezh

Breathing in Confinement – Hojjat Emami, an activist living in the County of Shahin Dezh, was arrested by security forces within the last few days.

January 15th, 2020

Execution of a prisoner in Amol Prison

Breathing in Confinement – On Sunday, January 12, a prisoner was executed in Amol Prison on the charge of murder.

January 15th, 2020

Three prisoners were sentenced to death in Ahvaz

Breathing in Confinement – at a news conference on Tuesday, January 14, the judiciary spokesman announced that three citizens in Ahvaz who were previously arrested on the charge of assaulting a police station have been sentenced to death.

January 10th, 2020

Seven political prisoners are sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison

Breathing in Confinement –  Seven people were sentenced to 11 years and 7 months in prison in the cities of Bukan and Paveh. Their names are Farhad Majidzadeh, Samko Maroufi, Shahoo Khezri, Hooman Feizi, Zhaka Ismailpour, Delshad Faraji and Honar Hosseini. On October 15, 2019, in a protest assembly, they had been separately detained and after the completion […]

January 10th, 2020

Two defendants in Isfahan and Tehran were released from execution

Breathing in Confinement – A prisoner in Tehran and a child offender in Isfahan who was previously sentenced to death in separate cases, being pardoned by the victims’ relatives were released from execution. According to Javan Online, a prisoner sentenced to death in Tehran province was saved from death with the consent of the victim’s […]