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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, Babak Rezaei and Saleh Ekrami were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. The two activists are from Azerbaijan who live in Akbarabad, Tehran. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]
29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Yesterday 28, July, the activist Olduz Ghasemi was released on bail from Tabriz prison awaiting the court’s decision. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, after 4 days in detention, Olduz Ghasemi was released from Tabriz prison on 100 million […]
29-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, July 27, a Kurdish citizen from Diwandareh named Fouad Habibi, was detained by security forces and taken to an unknown location. So far, his family’s effort to obtain information about Fouad’s condition have been unsuccessful. As of this writing, no information is available on […]
26-July-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On July 25, Mohammad Mahmoudi called his family saying that he had been transferred to Tabriz Central Prison. He had been detained the same day by security forces. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Mohammad Mahmoudi, who had […]