Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
January 5th, 2022

Afshar Moheb goes on a hunger strike in Ardabil prison

3-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Afshar Moheb, a civil activist from Ardabil province, has been on a hunger strike in Ardabil prison since Sunday, January 2, 2022, in protest of the case investigator’s refusal to grant him a temporary release on bail.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the […]

January 3rd, 2022

Payam Shakiba transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence

  3-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, January 3, 2022, Payam Shakiba, a former political prisoner, appeared in the Sentence Implementation Unit of Evin Prison and was transferred to prison to serve his 13-month sentence.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on […]

January 3rd, 2022

The political prisoner, Adel Kianpour died in Sheiban prison in Ahvaz

2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner, Adel Kianpour died after a week of hunger strike in Sheiban prison in Ahvaz. Adel Kianpour had been on a hunger strike since December 25, 2021, in protest of the judicial process of his case. So far, no judicial official in the Islamic Republic has […]

January 3rd, 2022

After her request for retrial was rejected, Zahra Mohammadi was summoned to serve her sentence

  2-January-2022 Newsgroup: Ethnic Minorities – Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After her request for  retrial was rejected by the Supreme Court, Zahra Mohammadi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher, was summoned to the Sentence Implementation Unit of the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj. Zahra Mohammadi had been sentenced by Sanandaj Court to […]

January 2nd, 2022

Shahriar security police summon Mohammad Habibi

1-January-2022 Newsgroups: Repression – Teachers – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 1, 2022, Mohammad Habibi, a teacher and spokesman for the Teachers’ Union, was summoned to Branch 6 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Shahriar.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners Rights League in Iran, on […]

January 2nd, 2022

To serve her sentence, Nazanin Mohammadnejad was transferred to Evin Prison 

  1-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Students – Women – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 1, 2022, Nazanin Mohammadnejad, a student at Allameh Tabatabai University and a former student activist at the University of Tehran, was transferred to Evin Prison to spend her 3 year and 4 month-sentence.   According to […]

December 31st, 2021

To serve her 5-year sentence, Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi transferred to Evin Prison

31-December-2021 Newsgroups: Women – Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi was transferred to Evin Prison on Wednesday, December 29, to serve her five-year sentence.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, the civil activist, […]

December 28th, 2021

Without an appeals court being held, Payam Shakiba was summoned to serve his sentence

27-December-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, December 27, 2021, the former political prisoner, Payam Shakiba was summoned by Branch 1 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office- District 33, to serve his sentence in Evin Prison. On September 20, 2021, Mr. Shakiba had been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary […]

December 27th, 2021

Arash Kaykhosravi was temporarily released on bail

26-December-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, December 25, 2021, the imprisoned lawyer, Arash Kaykhosravi was temporarily released from Evin Prison on bail, awaiting the trial. Mr. Kaykhosravi along with some other citizens and lawyers, including Mostafa Nili, was arrested on August 14, in a meeting at the office […]

December 21st, 2021

Mohammad Najafi goes on sick leave

19-December-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, December 19, the lawyer, Mohammad Najafi, was sent on sick leave from Arak Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Najafi, a lawyer imprisoned in Arak prison, was sent on sick leave. Mr. Najafi had been […]