Breathing in Confinement

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April 9th, 2021

Execution of two prisoners in the City of Babol

9-April-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, April 8, two prisoners sentenced to death for murder, were executed in Babol Prison. According to Rokna news agency, on Thursday, April 8, 2021, after serving 7 and a half years in prison, two prisoners were executed in Babol prison. According to the report, the prisoners […]

April 9th, 2021

A female political prisoner undergoes 74 lashes, despite the conversion of her whipping sentence to payment of a fine

April 8, 2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After being flogged, Zohreh Sarv, a political prisoner and media activist, was granted a leave from Qarchak prison in Varamin on Monday, April 4. This political prisoner inflicted 74 lashes despite the fact that her sentence had previously been converted to a fine and […]

April 9th, 2021

One day after their detention in Isfahan, release of the family members of the victims of November 2019 protests

April 8, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On April 7, about 30 family members of those killed in the November 2019 protests were arrested on their way back from visiting Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari’s tomb in Isfahan and transferred to Isfahan Prison. They however, were released a day later on April 8. According to […]

April 9th, 2021

Shahriar Court summons Nine Baha’i citizens from the cities of Karaj and Andisheh

April 8, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, April 7, 2021, nine Baha’i citizens from the cities of Andisheh and Karaj were summoned to serve their sentences. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Tuesday, April 7, through court notifications and in order […]

April 7th, 2021

Transfer of Saeed Eghbali to Ward 4 of Rajai Shahr Prison.

7-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, April 6, the political prisoner, Saeed Eghbali, was transferred to Ward 4, Hall 10 of Rajai Shahr Prison. He had been arrested on May 31, 2020, after appearing in the Judgment Enforcement Unit of Evin Court and to serve his sentence, was transferred to Evin Prison. […]

April 5th, 2021

Five Baha’is summoned to prison

3-April-2021 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, March 27, through an official notification, Nika Pakzadan, Faraneh Daneshgari, Sanaz Ishaqi, Nakisa Hajipour and Naghmeh Zabihian, five Baha’i citizens living in Mashhad, were summoned to the Judgment Enforcement Unit of Mashhad Prosecutor’s Office to serve their prison sentences. In September last year, […]

April 5th, 2021

Security forces arrested Ismail Gerami

April 4, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, April 3, Ismail Gerami, a retired worker, was arrested by security forces at his home in Tehran and transferred to Branch 2 of Evin Prison’s Interrogation Center. His whereabouts however, remained unknown. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

April 5th, 2021

Baktash Abtin, a member of the Iranian Writers Association, catches Covid-19

April 4, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in a Confinement: Baktash Abtin, a member of the Iranian Writers Association, who is serving his six-year sentence in Evin, has Caught Covid-19 disease and is currently admitted to Evin Prison’s Infirmary with a positive Covid test. According to Breathing in a Confinement, the news organ of the […]

April 5th, 2021

After 20 years; three security prisoners released from Rajai Shahr prison

April 5, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Monday, April 4, after serving 20 years in prison, three security prisoners, Rasoul Hardani, Farhangeh Pourmansouri, and Shahram Pourmansouri, were released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

March 31st, 2021

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Associations issued a statement calling for the release of Ismail Abdi

March 31, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement March 28, 2021: In an statement on the the recent situation of Ismail Abdi, a teachers’ union activist, the Coordinating Council of Teachers Association of Iran condemning any security and judicial approach to the union and civil activists demanded his release.