23-November-2021 News Group: Religious Minorities – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Pedram Abhar, a Baha’i citizen living in Tehran, was arrested by security forces at his father’s house in Shiraz. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Pedram Abhar, a […]
24-September-2021 Newsgroup: Religious Minorities – Women – Breathing in Confinement: Hayedeh Forootan and her son, Mehran Mosallanejad, two Baha’i citizens living in Shiraz, were arrested on September 23, 2021, after appearing at the City’s Police Department. On Wednesday, September 22, before their arrest, the intelligence agents raided their home and confiscated some of their personal […]
2-September-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Religious Minorities – Breathing in Confinement: On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Arsalan Yazdani, a Baha’i citizen, was arrested by security forces in Tehran and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. According to Breathing in Confinement the news organ of the prisoners rights league in Iran, Arsalan Yazdani, a […]
27-April-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Religious Minorities Breathing in Confinement: On April 25, in a raid by security forces on the homes of 14 Baha’i families, at least nine were arrested. After searching the homes of these citizens, security officers confiscated their personal belongings, including laptops, cell phones, books and pamphlets related to the Baha’i […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]