Breathing in Confinement

Labor and guilds
September 21st, 2020

The first hearing for the retired teacher, Nahid Fath’alian

Breathing in Confinement: On September 16, Nahid Fath’alian, a retired teacher, was summoned to Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court for a trial where she was notified of the charge of “Colluding and gathering and propaganda activities against the regime, as well as the destruction of state property.” The second court hearing will be held […]

September 11th, 2020

Three months prison sentence for the environmental activist, Yousef Farhadi Babadi

Breathing in Confinement: Yousef Farhadi Babadi, an environmental activist and a member of the “Sounds of Flowing Water” Campaign, was sentenced to three months in prison with a two-year suspension. Yousef Farhadi Babadi, an environmental activist from Shahr-e-Kord and one of the protesters against the water transfer project from Karun river, wrote on his Twitter […]

September 11th, 2020

Despite positive Covid-19 tests, Behnam Moosivand and Jafar Azimzadeh were transferred to solitary confinement in Rajai Shahr Prison

Breathing in Confinement: Behnam Moosivand and Jafar Azimzadeh, two political prisoners who had been transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison under the pretext of being admitted to Evin Prison Medical Center, were transferred to solitary confinement in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

September 8th, 2020

The International Federation of Journalists General Secretary condemns prison sentence for Mohammad Mosaed

Breathing in Confinement: The International Federation of Journalists General Secretary, calling the Iranian government’s strategy towards journalists as “outrageous”, condemned the jail sentence against Mohammad Mosaed. According to “Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Anthony Blanger, secretary-general of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), condemned the verdict against […]

September 4th, 2020

The fired journalist Mohammad Mosaed is sentenced to prison as well as being banned from journalism

Breathing in Confinement: Mohammad Mosaed, a fired journalist, was sentenced to prison plus being banned from journalism by the Revolutionary Court.

February 12th, 2020

More than 41 years in prison and 200 lashes for seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan

Breathing in Confinement – On charges of “forming an illegal group aimed at disrupting the national security and propaganda against the system,” seven guild activist teachers in North Khorasan convicted of a total of 41 years and 8 months in prison plus 222 lashes and a fine of 3 million toman by Bojnourd Revolutionary and […]

January 5th, 2020

Jafar Ebrahimi was arrested and was transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj

Breathing in Confinement – Concurrently with the 40th day of November protesters’ martyrdom, Jafar Ebrahimi, a teacher and a member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, was arrested on December 26 in Behesht-e-Sakineh cemetery in Karaj and was transferred to Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

December 23rd, 2019

Missing 14-year-old Kulbar’s corpse found at Teteh Mountains in Marivan

Breathing in Confinement – After 3 days of searching for a 14-year-old Kulbar (workers who carry goods on their back across the borders),  finally, on Friday, December 20, his body was discovered in the Teteh Border Heights near the County of Marivan. According to Mokrian, the body of  Farhad  Khosravi, a 14-year-old missing Kulbar, was […]

December 23rd, 2019

Five Kulbars were killed or wounded in border areas

Breathing in Confinement – On Tuesday, December 17, two Kulbars (workers who carry goods across the borders on their back) were shot and wounded in Sardasht and Piranshahr border areas. On December 14 also, in Oshnavieh border area, another Kulbar was shot dead by military forces. Earlier, on December 12 and 13, two other Kulbars […]

November 28th, 2019

A Kulbar lost his life the County of Mariwan

Breathing in Confinement- Having a heart attack while carrying heavy items, a Kulbar (workers who carry goods across the borders on their back) died on Tuesday, November 26.