Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
April 5th, 2021

Five Baha’is summoned to prison

3-April-2021 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, March 27, through an official notification, Nika Pakzadan, Faraneh Daneshgari, Sanaz Ishaqi, Nakisa Hajipour and Naghmeh Zabihian, five Baha’i citizens living in Mashhad, were summoned to the Judgment Enforcement Unit of Mashhad Prosecutor’s Office to serve their prison sentences. In September last year, […]

April 5th, 2021

Security forces arrested Ismail Gerami

April 4, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, April 3, Ismail Gerami, a retired worker, was arrested by security forces at his home in Tehran and transferred to Branch 2 of Evin Prison’s Interrogation Center. His whereabouts however, remained unknown. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

April 5th, 2021

Baktash Abtin, a member of the Iranian Writers Association, catches Covid-19

April 4, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in a Confinement: Baktash Abtin, a member of the Iranian Writers Association, who is serving his six-year sentence in Evin, has Caught Covid-19 disease and is currently admitted to Evin Prison’s Infirmary with a positive Covid test. According to Breathing in a Confinement, the news organ of the […]

April 5th, 2021

After 20 years; three security prisoners released from Rajai Shahr prison

April 5, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On the morning of Monday, April 4, after serving 20 years in prison, three security prisoners, Rasoul Hardani, Farhangeh Pourmansouri, and Shahram Pourmansouri, were released from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

March 31st, 2021

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Associations issued a statement calling for the release of Ismail Abdi

March 31, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement March 28, 2021: In an statement on the the recent situation of Ismail Abdi, a teachers’ union activist, the Coordinating Council of Teachers Association of Iran condemning any security and judicial approach to the union and civil activists demanded his release.

March 31st, 2021

Despite the state media’s report on the release of 4 security prisoners, they are still in Rajai Shahr prison

30-March-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, March 29, the state media announced that four security prisoners, have been pardoned and released. After twenty-four hours however, the prisoners are still being held in Rajai Shahr Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, 24 hours […]

March 27th, 2021

Arash Nasri is denied the right to attend his daughter’s funeral; political prisoners protested

March 24, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After the sudden death of the young daughter of the political prisoner Arash Nasri, he was barred from attending her daughter’s funeral. And as a result, the political prisoners in ward 4 of Hall 10 protested and covered all the cameras in the hall. According to […]

March 27th, 2021

A report on the situation of the political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared

March 25, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement, March 25, 2021: Two weeks after the deportation of the political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, the prison authorities refuse to hand over her personal belongings. In addition, on the first day of her deportation, Ms. Akbari, without having access to her personal belongings, was illegally held […]

March 27th, 2021

Unawareness of the situation of the detainee, Mohammad Irannejad

March 27, 2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: After more than a month since the arrest of the civil activist, Mohammad Irannejad, his family is still unaware of his condition. Mohammad Irannejad was arrested by security agents on February 22 at his bookstore near Tehran’s Enghelab Square and was taken to an unknown location. […]

February 22nd, 2021

UN Human Rights Council calls for a full investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi

Breathing in Confinement: The UN Human Rights Council released a statement calling for a full and transparent investigation into the death of Behnam Mahjoubi. The organization emphasized that the death of Mahjoubi reveals that Iranian prisoners are repeatedly denied medical treatment and demanded immediate access of all prisoners to medical treatment Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi […]