19-May-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Breathing in Confinement: On , May 18, 2021, Faezeh Momeni, who works as an urban field journalist for Event 24 and Sobheno institutes, went to Beheshti University of Medical Sciences where Covid-19 vaccination was being done. She however, after preparing the report, was pressurized by the university security office to […]
3-May-2021 Newsgroup: Suicide – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, May 1, 2021, a 16-year-old boy in Abadan attempted suicide by hanging himself. According to Rokna News Agency, on Saturday, May 1, 2021, a teenage boy in Abadan committed suicide by hanging himself and lost his life. As per the report, while hanging himself, he posted […]
3-May-2021 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The Court of Appeals in Alborz Province reduced the sentence of Reza Zaimi a Christian convert to 9 months imprisonment as well as a two-year ban from leaving the country. In late January this year, Reza Zaimi had been sentenced by Karaj Revolutionary Court to […]
May 2, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner who was being held in Rajaei Shahr Prison in Karaj, was released on May 1, 2021. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Arash Sadeghi, who last time was arrested in 2016 and […]
May 1, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On May 1, 2021, on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day, various groups of people, including workers and retirees, gathered in different cities such as Tehran, Karaj, Shush, Mashhad, Isfahan, Tabriz, Arak, Rasht, Khorramabad, Marivan etc. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]
30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Farzaneh Ansarifar, the sister of Farzad Ansarifar, one of the protesters killed in the November 2019 uprisings, was summoned to the Behbahan Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday, April 25. Earlier, in November 2020, she along with 70 other citizens had been summoned to the […]
30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, April 28, the Kerman Provincial Prosecutor announced the arrest of 10 people so called as “takfiri and counter-revolutionary agents,” and said that these individuals had been arrested as per the court order and that their cases are under process in the court. According to Tasnim news […]
30-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Askar Issaei, the police commander of the City of Selseleh, announced on Thursday, April 29, that 13 people had been arrested in connection with the protests of the residents in Kahman area. On Wednesday, April 28, following protests in the area against the cutting of walnut trees, […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: I a statement, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom condemned additional prison sentence for the religious prisoner of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee. The commission’s statement, released on Monday, April 26, 2021 saying: “Ms. Iraee, who is detained at Amol Prison in Mazandaran Province, was not […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: On April 25, in a raid by security forces on the homes of 14 Baha’i families, at least nine were arrested. After searching the homes of these citizens, security officers confiscated their personal belongings, including laptops, cell phones, books and pamphlets related to the Baha’i […]