Breathing in Confinement

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February 9th, 2021

To serve his sentence, Hossein Jandaghian arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, after appearing in Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit, Hossein Jandaghian, a student activist was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his six-month sentence.

February 9th, 2021

Court of Appeal upholds the sentence of 6 years imprisonment for Suha Mortezaei

Breathing in Confinement: The prison sentence for Suha Mortezaei, the student activist and former secretary of the Tehran University Guild Council, was upheld in Tehran Court of Appeals- Branch 54. Suha Mortezaei had previously been sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

February 6th, 2021

A woman’s body was set on fire after being killed by her father and brother

Breathing in Confinement, February 6, 2021: A young woman from Urmia was killed by her brother and father and her body was set on fire. According to the report of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, a 32-year-old woman from the village of Gangchin in the Baradust district of Urmia, […]

February 6th, 2021

Shahram Amjadian was sentenced to three years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 6, 2021: Shahram Amjadian, from the City of Sanandaj, who was arrested by security forces in the summer of 2019, was sentenced to three years in prison.

January 26th, 2021

Execution of a wrestler in Dezful prison

Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of January 25, a wrestler from the City of Andimeshk, who for five years had been under execution in prison for murder, was executed in Dezful prison this morning disregarding the international protests.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

January 26th, 2021

Security forces detain a citizen in Bukan

Breating in Confinement: Without presenting a court order, security forces arrested a citizen from Bukan, named Sardar Mohammadpour.     According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, a few days ago, a citizen from Bukan named “Sardar Mohammadpour” was arrested by security forces who failed to show a court order.     […]

January 25th, 2021

Four prisoners saved from execution, three in Mazandaran and one in Rafsanjan

Breathing in Confinement, January 25, 2021: Four prisoners under execution on murder charges, were saved from the death penalty with the consent of victims’ families.       According to the IRNA news agency, three prisoners in the Cities of Amol, Ghaemshahr and Simorgh, who were sentenced to death for murder, returned to life with […]

January 25th, 2021

Darab; death of a worker after falling from a crane

Breathing in Confinement, January 25, 2021:A 35-year-old worker, while working in a cement factory in Darab, fell from a crane and died.       According to Rokna News Agency, due to some technical issues, 35-year-old man and his 26-year-old colleague, fell fell from a crane while working. A 35-year-old worker died on the spot […]

January 24th, 2021

Prison sentence for a prisoner in Urmia

Breathing in Confinement, January 24, 2021: Saeed Sangar, a political prisoner in Urmia, was sentenced to 11 months in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. Mr. Sangar, has been held in Urmia Prison for more than 20 years, despite completing his 18-year sentence about two years ago.   According to Mafnews, quoting Kordpa, on Tuesday, […]

January 24th, 2021

Zarabad; the agents of Prosecutor’s Office in Konarak, demolish the cottages where flood-stricken people lived

Breathing in Confinement, January 24, 2021: The agents of Prosecutor’s Office in Konarak, along with law enforcement officers, demolished the cottages in Zarabad, where flood-stricken people were living. The agent also arrested three citizens who tried to prevent this.     According to Baloch activists’ campaign, on the morning of January 23, 2021, in the […]