Breathing in Confinement

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July 30th, 2021

Mehdi Shojaei arrested by security forces in Behbahan

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mehdi Shojaei, a resident of the village of Greater Kurdistan in the city of Behbahan, was arrested by security forces on Thursday, July 29, and taken to an unknown location.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Thursday, […]

July 29th, 2021

Release of Touraj Amini from Karaj Central Prison

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Tooraj Amini, a writer and a Baha’i researcher, was released from Karaj Central Prison on Wednesday, July 28, after completing his prison sentence. He had previously been sentenced to one year in prison as well as two years in exile by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj. His sentence […]

July 29th, 2021

Arrest of Saleh Ekrami and Babak Rezaei, two Azerbaijani activists in Tehran

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Babak Rezaei and Saleh Ekrami were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The two activists are from Azerbaijan who live in Akbarabad, Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

July 29th, 2021

Temporarily release of Olduz Ghasemi

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday 28, July, the  activist Olduz Ghasemi was released on bail from Tabriz prison awaiting the court’s decision. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, after 4 days in detention, Olduz Ghasemi was released from Tabriz prison  on 100 million […]

July 29th, 2021

Detention of a Kurdish citizen in the city of Diwandreh

29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, a Kurdish citizen from Diwandareh named Fouad Habibi, was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location.   So far, his family’s effort to obtain information about Fouad’s condition have been unsuccessful.   As of this writing, no information is available on […]

July 28th, 2021

Protest rally in Tabriz; Increasing the number of detainees

July 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On July 24, 2021, during the protest rallies of the people of Tabriz in support of the uprisings in Khuzestan, a number of Turk citizens were arrested. According to local sources, around 150 protesters have been arrested some of whom were released on the same day […]

July 28th, 2021

On the twelfth day of the uprisings, the people of Tehran and Fardis took to the streets

26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: On July 26, in continuation with the widespread uprisings in Iran and in support of the protests in Khuzestan to water crisis, people in the cities of Tehran, Fardis in Karaj, Hamedan and Kermanshah held protest rallies. The uprisings began on Thursday, July 15, 2021 and have so […]

July 27th, 2021

Mohammad Mahmoudi was transferred to Tabriz Central Prison after his detention sentence was commuted to bail

26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On July 25, Mohammad Mahmoudi called his family saying that he had been transferred to Tabriz Central Prison. He had been detained the same day by security forces.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Mahmoudi, who had […]

July 27th, 2021

High security state in Azerbaijan; Arrest of Yousef Salahshour

26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On July 25, 2021, the activist Yousef Salahshour was arrested in Tabriz- Azerbaijan after security agents searched his home and confiscated some of his personal belongings.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on July 25, at late night, […]

July 26th, 2021

A monthly report on the protests movements across the country from June 20 to July 20 : More than 570 protests in 31 provinces and 63 cities

26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – Breathing in Confinement: Over the past one month, more than 570 protests movements and at least 400 strikes have been held in 30 provinces by various groups of people.   With the onset of summer, the fifth wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Iran has put most of the cities […]