Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
November 11th, 2021

Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi receives a 10-year prison sentence

10-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi, one of the signatories of the statement of 14 political activists for the resignation of Ali Khamenei, was sentenced by Branch 4 of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad to 10 years in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

November 11th, 2021

A report on the situation of Majid Hosseini Nejad in Evin Prison

November 8, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Despite serving one year of his five-year sentence, Majid Hosseini Nejad, the political prisoner in Hall 9 of Andarzgah 8 in Evin Prison, has been denied the right to leave. On October 31, 2020, to serve his sentence, Majid was arrested and transferred to […]

November 11th, 2021

Abolhassan Montazer transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison

10-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: October 9, 2021, the political prisoner, Abolhassan Montazer, was transferred from Evin Prison to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. He had been held in Evin Prison since November 2020 with a sentence of 5 years in prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ […]

November 6th, 2021

Gohar Eshghi was released from detention

6-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Gohar Eshghi, Sattar Beheshti’s mother who had been detained by security forces, was released on November 7. She was arrested along with her daughter and son-in-law on the night of Wednesday, November 3, on the eve of the anniversary of the death of her only son, […]

November 6th, 2021

On the eve of the anniversary of Sattar Beheshti’s death, his mother, sister and brother-in-law were arrested by security forces

4-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday night, November 3, 2021, Sahar Beheshti, her mother and her husband were arrested by security agents at their home. The arrest was made on the eve of the anniversary of Sattar Beheshti’s death, in order to prevent a memorial service for him. According to Breathing in […]

November 4th, 2021

Hearing at Azerbaijan criminal court for the civil activists Nader Sadeghian and Shahin Barzegar

3-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On November 1, 2021, a hearing on the charges against Nader Sadeghian and Shahin Barzegar, the civil activists from Azerbaijan Province, was held in Branch 111 of the Criminal Court of East Azerbaijan, chaired by Judge Reza Foroughi.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of […]

November 4th, 2021

Ongoing detention of Wadud Asadi in unawareness of his condition

3-November-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Five days after the arrest of Wadud Asadi, a civil activist from Azerbaijan, Iran, living in Rasht, his whereabouts are still unknown. Mr. Asadi was arrested by security forces on October 30, 2021.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in […]

October 28th, 2021

Temporarily release of Amir Hossein Moradi, one of the detainees of November 2019 nationwide protests

26-October-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On October 26, Amir Hossein Moradi, one of the detainees of November 2019 protests, was temporarily released from the Greater Tehran Prison on bail of 4 billion tomans, awaiting the court’s decision. Amir Hossein was admitted to Razi Hospital in Tehran when he received the court’s order for […]

October 28th, 2021

September 20 – October 20, 2021; The highest number of executions per month in the last 7 months

26-October-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The ongoing violations of human rights by the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran in terms of repression and pressure against dissidents and opponents of the government and even ordinary citizens, have raised to a new level. During the past one month, the treatment of […]

October 18th, 2021

Details of the Inhumane Torture of the Human Rights Lawyer, Payam Derafshan

17-October-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Payam Derafshan, the lawyer of political prisoners and human rights activists, was arrested on June 7, 2020 and transferred to an unknown location. After enduring a period of physical, mental and psychological torture, he was transferred to Ward 4 of Evin and was sentenced to 2 years and […]