Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
August 9th, 2021

In a new case while in prison, Soheil Arabi received a two-year sentence

8-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a new case opened against the political prisoner, Soheil Arabi, in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, he was sentenced to two more years in prison.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in a new case on charge […]

August 8th, 2021

Release of Kianoosh Abbaszadeh from the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary

8-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The Gonabadi dervish, Kianoosh Abbaszadeh, was released on parole from the Greater Tehran Penitentiary on August 8, 2021. Mr. Abbaszadeh had previously been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to 16 years and 6 months in prison, exile, as well as deprivation from some social rights. Last […]

August 5th, 2021

Hamshahri newspaper admits detention of at least 300 protesters in Susangerd

5-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Hamshahri newspaper, in a report on the uprisings in Khuzestan against the water crisis, admitted the arrest of 300 protesters only in the city of Susangerd. In this report, referring to the peaceful gathering of “12,000 people”, violence and the use of force have been attributed to the […]

August 5th, 2021

Filing cases against 9 civil activists in Evin Court for supporting the protests in Khuzestan

4-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nine civil activists received a message from the Sana Electronic System on August 3, saying that a case had been filed against them in Branch 2 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office. These civil activists were arrested on July 20, 2021, after staging a rally […]

August 5th, 2021

38 years imprisonment for 5 political activists in Tehran

5-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Five political defendants, Nahid Taghavi, Mehran Raouf, Somayeh Kargar, Bahareh Soleimani, and Nazanin Mohammadnejad, were sentenced by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran to a total of 38 years in prison. Nahid Taghavi and Mehran Raouf are currently being held in Evin Prison, and the other […]

August 3rd, 2021

More than two weeks of widespread protests in 57 cities of Iran; A report on the uprisings in Khuzestan and the afterward protests in other provinces

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Ethnic Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 15, 2021, people in various cities in Khuzestan staged rallies to protest the water crisis. From Thursday evening, people took to the streets in the cities of Susangerd, Mahshahr, Ahvaz, Abadan, Bostan, Hamidiyeh, Zoviyeh alley and Dasht-e Azadegan. […]

August 2nd, 2021

The 17th day of protests in support of the people of Khuzestan; Protest rally in Mashhad and arrest of Javad Lael Mohammadi and Fatemeh Sepehri

2-August-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday, Sunday, August 1, 2021, a group of people from Ahvaz living in Mashhad along with a number of activists gathered in Mellat Park in Mashhad to support the uprisings in Khuzestan. The rally was dealt with violence by police and security forces, and a number of protesters, […]

July 31st, 2021

Detention of three citizens by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani

  31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Following the wave of detentions in Kurdistan, three citizens were arrested by security forces in the city of Thalas Babajani. In recent days, three citizens named Arkan Bahrami, Khalil Ramezani and Khaled Mirzaei from the city of Thalas Babajani have been arrested by security forces. Khalil Ramezani […]

July 31st, 2021

Following the wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens, the sixth citizen of Bukan was arrested by the security agents

31-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, July 29, 2021, a citizen in Bukan was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The arrested citizen has been identified as Chia Agha Beigpour from the village of Rahim Khan. In recent days, at least five other citizens, named Anwar Maleki, Kamal […]

July 31st, 2021

Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan prison: The thirst of Khuzestan was quenched with blood

30-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: In a letter from Semnan Prison, Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner serving the twelfth year of her sentence, supported the uprisings in Khuzestan. She wrote: “I salute to the brave youth of the protesting cities among whom I feel myself these days, rather than being surrounded with […]