Breathing in Confinement

Prisoners
December 23rd, 2019

Release from execution after 10 years of imprisonment in Mashhad

Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s relatives, a prisoner who had previously been sentenced to death for murder was saved from execution. According to Khorasan Daily, after 10 years in jail, a prisoner in Mashhad was released from execution with the consent of the victim’s family. The case opened on September 28, 2010, […]

December 23rd, 2019

Commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising at Yalda Night – Evin Prison Political Women Ward

Breathing in Confinement – Women political prisoners in Evin Prison announced in a statement that they would turn Yalda’s night into a commemoration of the martyrs of the November uprising.

December 12th, 2019

After 11 years in jail, Hassan Sishakhti was released from Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement – Late last week, after being kept in jail for 11 years, the political prisoner Hassan Sishakhti was released from prison. He had been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in 2010. His sentence, however, was eventually reduced to life in prison.

December 12th, 2019

Three prisoners in “Sistan and Baluchestan”, and “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari” saved from execution

Breathing in Confinement –  Three prisoners sentenced to death in separate cases in the counties of Koohrang, Farsan, and Dalgan, being pardoned by the victims’ families, survived from the execution.

December 12th, 2019

Journalist Mohammad Mosaed released on bail

Breathing in Confinement – on Saturday, December 7, Mohammad Mosaed, who was arrested in Tehran during the November protests, was released on bail.

December 8th, 2019

After three weeks, Afshin Baymani is still on hunger strike

Breathing in Confinement: After 25 days, Afshin Baymani, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, is still on hunger strike.

December 8th, 2019

Sepideh Kashani was transferred to the female political prisoners’ ward of Evin prison

Breathing in Confinement – Last week, after spending 650 days in high-Security ward 209 at Evin prison, Sepideh Kashani, an environmental activist, was transferred to female political prisoners’ ward.

December 8th, 2019

Shahnaz Akmali, whose son was killed in “2009 protests”, was summoned to serve one year in prison

Breathing in Confinement – Shahnaz Akmali, mother of Mustafa Karim Beigi, who was killed in “2009 protests”, was summoned to serve her one-year jail sentence.

December 8th, 2019

Rashid Nasserzadeh was arrested in the County of Oshnouyeh

Breathing in Confinement- Rashid Nasserzadeh, a citizen of the County of Oshnouyeh, was arrested by security forces on Tuesday, December 3, and was taken to an unknown location.

November 28th, 2019

Concerns raised over the condition of the detainees arrested during November demonstrations

Breathing in Confinement- Thirteen days after the nationwide protests began against the rise in gas price, Iranian authorities have not yet provided any official information on the number and whereabouts of detainees. And the lack of information has raised concerns about the detainees’ situation and their health condition.