Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
June 11th, 2020

New case is filed against Atena Daemi in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Atena Daemi, a civil rights activist who is serving her fifth year in Evin Prison, was summoned this morning to Branch 2 of Evin Prison Court, for a new case filed against her.

June 11th, 2020

Detention of three Baha’i citizens in Rafsanjan

Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, June 7, security officers raided the homes of three Baha’i citizens in Rafsanjan, confiscated their personal belongings, including mobile phones and books, and then transferred them to an unknown location.

June 4th, 2020

Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, is threatened to death while under the torture

Breathing in Confinement, May 29, 2020: Mohammad Ghaderi, a citizen from Piranshahr, being detained by the security forces since May 4, is subjected to severe torture to the point of going unconscious.

June 4th, 2020

Saeed Eghbali is transferred to Evin Prison to serve his five years sentence

Breathing in Confinement: After being summoned, Saeed Eghbali, one of the detainees of January 2018 uprising, was arrested on May 31, 2020, and was transferred to Evin prison to serve his five years sentence.

June 4th, 2020

Rashid Naserzadeh’s case is referred to the Court of Appeals

Breathing in Confinement: On May 31, 2020, to be retried, the case of Rashid Naserzadeh, an environmental activist from the County of Oshnavieh, was referred to the Court of Appeal. He had previously been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of conspiracy, gathering, and collusion against the national security, as well as propaganda […]

May 20th, 2020

Seven Baha’i citizens in Shiraz were sentenced to a total of 39 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement May 16, 2020: Seven Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, were sentenced to a total of 39 years in prison based on a ruling issued by the Branch-1of the City’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Sadati. They are convicted on charges of “propaganda against the regime and membership in anti-regime groups aimed […]

May 20th, 2020

Reza Eslami, a professor of human rights at Tehran’s Beheshti University, is arrested

Breathing in Confinement May 16, 2020: Reza Eslami, a university professor and a member of Faculty of Law at Shahid Beheshti University, being arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces was taken to an unknown location.

May 20th, 2020

Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to 6 years in prison

Breathing in Confinement: Fariba Adelkhah, a dual-national prisoner in Evin Prison, was sentenced to six years in prison by Tehran Revolutionary Court

April 22nd, 2020

Atena Daemi refused to appear in the court

Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, April 18, 2020, Branch 24 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, headed by Mohammad Reza Amouzadeh, summoned the Civil Rights Activist, Atena Daemi, imprisoned in Evin, in relation to the case which has been opened against her while in prison. She, however, refused to appear in the court.

April 22nd, 2020

Ismail Abdi was arrested and returned back to prison

Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, April 20, Ismail Abdi the teacher prisoner, was detained in Evin Prison where he had gone to Prosecutor’s Office to extend his leave and to find out more about the Judiciary’s circular on releasing the prisoners.