Breathing in Confinement

religious minorities
February 10th, 2021

Ebrahim Firoozi detained while in exile and transferred to Chabahar prison

  Breathing in Confinement, February 10, 2021: On Monday, February 8, 2021, Ebrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who is serving his exile, after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Rusk, was arrested and transferred to the Chabahar Prison. The reason for his arrest and his whereabouts is yet to be known. […]

February 9th, 2021

Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr sentences two of the citizens to a total of ten years in prison

Breathing in Confinement, February 9, 2021: Khedr Ghaderi Azar and Shafi Mohammadnejad, two citizens of Piranshahr, were sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison by the city’s Revolutionary Court. The two citizens had previously been detained by security forces in early November and released on bail in late December.

January 21st, 2021

Executions of two Baloch Sunni clerics halted

Breathing in Confinement: Two Baloch clerics who on January 16, had been transferred to solitary confinement for execution, were returned back to the prison’s general ward.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, two Sunni Baloch clerics, named “Amanullah Balochi” and “Hafez Abdul Rahim Koohi”, who on Monday, January 16, had been transferred to quarantine […]

January 20th, 2021

After being tortured, a Baloch prisoner executed in Zahedan Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On January 19, 2021, a Baloch prisoner named Anwar Aalizehi, was executed in Zahedan Prison.   According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, Anwar had been arrested two years ago on drug charges.   “Being unemployed and having poor living condition, Anwar was transferring drugs, before which he had no criminal record,” said […]

January 11th, 2021

Simultaneous arrest of at least 13 Kurdish citizens in different cities

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: On Saturday, January 9, 2021, two Kurdish students of Kharazmi University in Karaj, who were staying in the university’s dormitory, were arrested by the security forces. Five other Kurdish citizens also were concurrently arrested in the cities of Marivan and Mahabad.   According to “Breathing in Confinement “, the […]

December 26th, 2020

Unawareness of the fate of the Baloch prisoner, Hamzeh Bilrani

Breathing in Confinement, December 26, 2020: There is no information available on the fate of a Baluch citizen who was arrested in April this year.

December 2nd, 2020

Twenty five years prison sentence for 5 political prisoners in Urmia prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 1, 2020: Five Kurdish citizens from Urmia, imprisoned in the city’s central prison for one year, were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison.

November 23rd, 2020

In various provinces in Iran, police forces search the homes of Baha’i families and confiscate their personal belongings

Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, November 22, 2020, security forces raided the homes of a large number of Baha’i families in various provinces in Iran and confiscated their personal belongings including computers, laptops, cell phones, and books.

November 8th, 2020

A Baloch child from Dashtiari drowned to death in a Hutag (marsh)

Breathing in Confinement: A Baloch child drowned to death in a Hutag (marsh).

October 5th, 2020

Security forces in Sanandaj detain two citizens

Breathing in Confinement: Bahram Ghasemi and Keyhan Shirini, two Kurdish citizens were arrested by security forces and were taken to an unknown location.