Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
November 14th, 2021

The retired teacher Nosrat Beheshti receives a sentence of five years in prison

  14-November-2021 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nosrat Beheshti, a retired teacher and political activist, was sentenced to five years in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Nosrat Beheshti, a retired teacher and political activist living […]

November 14th, 2021

The case of Tomaj Salehi, a protest rapper, was referred to the Shahinshahr Revolutionary Court

14-November-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The case of Tomaj Salehi, a protest rapper, was referred to Shahinshahr Revolutionary Court. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, he has been accused of “propaganda against the regime and insulting the Supreme Leader” and […]

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 […]