Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
January 31st, 2022

Jafar Ebrahimi, Inspector of the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers Trade Association, was sentenced to imprisonment

  31-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, January 31, 2022, Jafar Ebrahimi, inspector of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Trade Association, was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Jafar Ebrahimi, inspector of […]

January 31st, 2022

To serve her sentence, Shohreh Hosseini was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

30-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 29, 2022, after appearing in the Sentence Enforcement Unit of the Evin Court, Shohreh Hosseini, a translator and social activist, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. She had previously been sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in […]

January 29th, 2022

Several times of deportation in just one week; Keyvan Samimi was deported to Semnan Prison

29-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 29, one day after his deportation to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, the political prisoner, Keyvan Samimi, was deported to Semnan Prison.   Keyvan Samimi was deported to Semnan Prison while in recent weeks he had been transferred from Evin Prison to Karaj Central Prison and […]

January 27th, 2022

Coronavirus in Evin Prison; Payam Shakiba is being denied medical care despite suffering from Covid- 19

26-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Payam Shakiba, a political prisoner in Evin Prison, has contracted Coronavirus and has been denied medical treatment for the past few days. He was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison on January 3, 2022, when had he appeared in the Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit on the due date […]

January 27th, 2022

The second hearing on the case against Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi; The proceeding will be continued

  25- January-2022 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On January 25, the second hearing on the case of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, two detained students of Sharif University, was held in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]

January 12th, 2022

Detention of a Baha’i citizen named Saba Sefidi

  11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 11, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested after appearing in Branch 2 of the Evin Courthouse.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saba Sefidi, a Baha’i […]

January 12th, 2022

Alieh Motalebzadeh deported to Qarchak prison in Varamin

11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On January 10, Alieh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was deported from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran, Aliyeh Motalebzadeh, a photographer and women’s rights activist, was […]

January 12th, 2022

Ten billion Toman bail for the political prisoner, Afshin Baymani to be granted a furlough

  11-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Branch 7 of the Criminal Court 2 in Rajai Shahr set 10 billion Tomans bail for Afshin Baymani to be granted a furlough. Afshin Baymani is one of the longest-serving political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison. He has been in prison […]

January 11th, 2022

Description of an experience on the 22nd year of imprisonment; Letter from Saeed Masouri imprisoned in Rajai Shahr prison

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Saeed Masouri, a political prisoner imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, wrote a letter in the 22nd year of his imprisonment in which he wrote about his experiences during these years. In this letter, Mr. Masouri refers to the prison’s impact on the prisoners and […]

January 10th, 2022

To serve her 5-year sentence, Leila Hosseinzadeh summoned to Evin’s Sentence Implementation Unit

9-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Women – Prisoners – Repression –   Breathing in Confinement: On January 8, 2022, the former political prisoner and student activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh was summoned to Evin Court’s Sentence Implementation Unit to serve her sentence. The summon states that she must appear within five days in Sentence Implementation Branch. […]