Breathing in Confinement

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February 14th, 2021

The Court of Appeals upholds the sentences of Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi

Breathing in Confinement: The sentences of two women rights activists, Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi, were upheld by Tehran’s Court of Appeals. Hoda Amid, a lawyer and women’s rights activist, and Najmeh Vahedi, a women’s rights activist, were previously sentenced to 15 years in prison as well as two years band from social activities, by […]

February 12th, 2021

After nineteen years behind the bars, a prisoner saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement: A prisoner in Kurdistan province, sentenced to death for murder, was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family.

February 12th, 2021

A Kulbar dies after falling from the border heights of the City of Marivan

Breathing in Confinement: A Kulbar lost his life after falling from the border heights of Marivan city.

February 10th, 2021

Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr sentences two of the citizens to a total of ten years in prison

    Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: Khedr Ghaderi Azar and Shafi Mohammadnejad, two citizens of Piranshahr, were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. The two citizens had previously been detained by security forces in early November and released on bail in late December.   According […]

February 10th, 2021

To serve his sentence, Hossein Jandaghian arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

    Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, after appearing in Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit, Hossein Jandaghian, a student activist was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his six-month sentence.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Hossein Jandaghian […]

February 10th, 2021

Court of Appeal upholds the sentence of 6 years imprisonment for Suha Mortezaei

Breathing in Confinement: The prison sentence for Suha Mortezaei, the student activist and former secretary of the Tehran University Guild Council, was upheld in Tehran Court of Appeals- Branch 54. Suha Mortezaei had previously been sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.   According to Breathing in […]

February 10th, 2021

Ebrahim Firoozi detained while in exile and transferred to Chabahar prison

  Breathing in Confinement, February 10, 2021: On Monday, February 8, 2021, Ebrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who is serving his exile, after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Rusk, was arrested and transferred to the Chabahar Prison. The reason for his arrest and his whereabouts is yet to be known. […]

February 10th, 2021

Ebrahim Firoozi detained while in exile and transferred to Chabahar prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 10, 2021: On Monday, February 8, 2021, Ebrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who is serving his exile, after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Rusk, was arrested and transferred to the Chabahar Prison. The reason for his arrest and his whereabouts is yet to be known.

February 9th, 2021

Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr sentences two of the citizens to a total of ten years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: Khedr Ghaderi Azar and Shafi Mohammadnejad, two citizens of Piranshahr, were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. The two citizens had previously been detained by security forces in early November and released on bail in late December.

February 9th, 2021

To serve his sentence, Hossein Jandaghian arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, after appearing in Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit, Hossein Jandaghian, a student activist was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his six-month sentence.