Breathing in Confinement

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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 […]

January 24th, 2021

Three prisoners in Golestan, Kermanshah and Hormozgan saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement, January 24, 2021: Three prisoners, under execution for murder in Golestan, Kermanshah and Hormozgan prisons, saved from the noose with the consent of victim’s families.     According to the IRNA news agency, a 22-year-old man who three years ago was sentenced to death for the murder of his cousin in Gonbad-e […]

January 23rd, 2021

A Baloch citizen injured by landmine blast left in place after a military Manoeuvre in the City of Jask

Breathing in Confinement, January 23, 2021: A Baloch citizen was seriously injured after explosion of a landmine left over from a military Manoeuvre held in Jask.     According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, on January 20, 2021, a Baloch citizen named “Ebrahim Ali” from the village of Nagar in Jask, was seriously injured after […]

January 23rd, 2021

Suicide of a female nurse in Abadan

Breathing in Confinement, January 23, 2021: A female nurse in Abadan, took her life by suicide.   According to Rokna news agency, on Friday, January 14th, a 28-year-old nurse died at her home in Abadan after self-injection of anaesthetic medicine.   The young nurse had come to Abadan from another city and lived in a […]

January 21st, 2021

Two prisoners saved from execution in Hamedan and Karaj

Breathing in Confinement, January 21, 2021: Two prisoners, in Hamedan and Karaj, sentenced to death for murder, were saved from death penalty with the consent of victim’s families.   According to Rokna news agency, the prisoner in Hamedan, who five years ago was sentenced to death for murder, retuned to life after obtaining the consent […]

January 21st, 2021

Executions of two Baloch Sunni clerics halted

Breathing in Confinement: Two Baloch clerics who on January 16, had been transferred to solitary confinement for execution, were returned back to the prison’s general ward.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, two Sunni Baloch clerics, named “Amanullah Balochi” and “Hafez Abdul Rahim Koohi”, who on Monday, January 16, had been transferred to quarantine […]

January 21st, 2021

Two prisoners saved from execution in Hamedan and Karaj

  Breathing in Confinement, January 21, 2021: Two prisoners, in Hamedan and Karaj, sentenced to death for murder, were saved from death penalty with the consent of victim’s families.   According to Rokna news agency, the prisoner in Hamedan, who five years ago was sentenced to death for murder, retuned to life after obtaining the […]

January 20th, 2021

After being tortured, a Baloch prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 19, 2021, a Baloch prisoner named Anwar Aalizehi, was executed in Zahedan Prison.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, Anwar had been arrested two years ago on drug charges.   “Being unemployed and having poor living condition, Anwar was transferring drugs, before which he had no criminal record,” said […]