Breathing in Confinement

ethnic minorities
July 22nd, 2021

The uprisings in Khuzestan against water crisis continued for the seventh night; Report on protests in various cities

22-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Seventh day of the uprisings in Khuzestan against water crisis started on Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021, with a gathering in Salihaviyeh village in Darkhovin. At night, people in the cities of Susangerd, Izeh, Dezful, Shadegan, Ramshir, Sheiban, Mahshahr, Khormousa and Masjed Soleiman held protest rallies. In […]

July 21st, 2021

A report on the sixth night of the uprisings in Khuzestan province against the water crisis; Shooting at people and shutting down the internet

    21-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The sixth night of the uprisings in Khuzestan province started in the evening of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in the cities of Izeh, Ahvaz and Susangerd and continued until late at night and spread to various neighborhoods of Ahvaz as well as other cities in […]

July 20th, 2021

A report on the fifth night of uprisings in Khuzestan province against the water crisis; With the spread of the protests, a large number of counterinsurgency forces deployed to confront people

20-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On the evening of Monday, July 19, 2021, the uprisings in Khuzestan province against the water crisis continued. People in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Malachieh, Ramhormoz, Mahshahr, Abadan, Hoveyzeh and various neighborhoods of Ahvaz took to the street to protest the water shortage. The peaceful protests, […]

July 19th, 2021

More than 100 Iranian documentary filmmakers condemned the crackdown on protests in Khuzestan province

19-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: More than one hundred and thirty documentarians of Iranian cinema strongly condemned the repression of the people in Khuzestan who protest against water shortage. The documentarians announced that they will stand by the “thirsty people of Khuzestan.” They stated: “We, the directors of documentary cinema, based on […]

July 19th, 2021

A report on the fourth day of uprisings in Khuzestan province in protest against the water crisis; Security forces opened fire on the protesters

19-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: The protests in Khuzestan province against the water crisis continued on Sunday, July 18, 2021. People gathered in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Malachieh, and Ahvaz. Their peaceful protests, however, were dealt with by the gun-toting security forces who opened fire at them. As of Sunday morning, […]

July 18th, 2021

Khuzestan province: The third day of protests against water crisis; Increased death toll concurrently with  internet shutdown

18-July-2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 17, for the third consecutive day, people in various cities of  Khuzestan protested against the water shortage. People took to the streets for the third night in the cities of Shush, Susangerd, Kut Abdullah, Ahvaz, Shavur, Karkheh, Kut Seyed Naeem, Shadegan, Hamidiyeh and Hoveyzeh. […]

July 17th, 2021

People’s protests against water crisis is ongoing across Khuzestan; Two of the protesters killed and wounded in Shadegan

  July 17, 2021 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: Last night, July 16, 2021, people in various cities of Khuzestan Province, such as Mahshahr, Susangard, Hovayzeh, Shadegan, Shoush and Ahvaz, took to the streets for the second day in a row, to protest the water crisis. During the uprisings in Shadegan, a protester […]

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.

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 […]