August 9, 2023 News Category: Women – Prisoners – According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, August 9, 2023, Zahra Zehtabchi, a political prisoner, was released from Evin Prison after enduring a ten-year imprisonment. Zahra Zehtabchi was arrested on October 15, 2013, along with […]
July 10, 2023 News group: protests – repression – uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: On July 9, 2023, Zahra Saidian Jou, sister of Milad Saidian Jou, one of the victims of the 2022 nationwide uprising in Izeh, was arrested by the security forces in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ […]
July 11, 2023 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in detention for more than 13 years, is facing two new cases filed against her by security entities. Her court hearing date has been scheduled t be held on July 19, 2023, in the Revolutionary Court. […]
July 2, 2023 News group: Suppression – Uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, July 2, Milad Arsanjani, a former political prisoner, was again arrested by the security forces and taken to an unknown location. This political prisoner was one of the detainees of the nationwide protests in 2022. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, […]
July 4, 2023 News group: protests – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The death sentence of Abbas Drees, one of the detainees of the November 2019 uprising in Mahshahr, was upheld by the Supreme Court. Abbas Drees, one of the witnesses of the massacre in Mahshahr’s canebrake, was sentenced to death on charge of “moharebeh”. […]
July 2, 2023 News group: freedom of speech – protests – Breathing in Confinement: Golrokh Iraei, a former political prisoner, was sentenced to five years in prison as well as additional punishments by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal in Tehran Province. She had previously been sentenced to seven years in prison and additional […]
June 12, 2023 News group: Iran uprising 2022 Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, June 11, 2023, during Kian Pirflek’s birthday ceremony in Izeh, Pooya Moulairad, the cousin of Zeinab Moulairad, Kian’s mother, was shot dead by security officers. According to “Breathing in Confinement” the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Sunday, […]
May 27, 2023 News group: Uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Abolfazl Amirataei, a 16-year-old protester living in Tehran who eight months ago had been shot in the head by a tear gas, died due to the severity of his injuries. According to the statistics center of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran “Breathing in […]
May 19, 2023 News group: execution – uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Despite the international demands to stop the execution of the accused in the case known as “Khane Isfahan”, on the morning of Friday, May 19, Majid Kazemi Sheikh Shabani, Saleh Mirhashemi Boltaghi and Saeed Yaqoubi Kurdsofla were executed in Isfahan. […]
May 17, 2023 News group: freedom of expression – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Seifzadeh and Marzieh Nikara, two lawyers, were each sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League, in Iran these two lawyers were […]