Breathing in Confinement

Students
January 15th, 2023

Pouria Faridi, a student at Azad University in Tabriz, was arrested on January 10, 2023

News group: Students – Iran’s uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: On Sunday, January 8, 2022, Pouria Faridi, a student of physical education at Azad University in Tabriz, was arrested by the security forces.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Pouria Faridi was arrested by […]

January 15th, 2023

Nationwide uprising; Bita Haghani sentenced to 18 years in prison

January 13, 2023 News group: Students – Iran uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Bita Haghani Nasimi, a graphics student at Ghodsiyeh University in Sari and one of the detainees of the nationwide uprising, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison as well as a ban from leaving the country by the first branch […]

January 5th, 2023

Nationwide uprising: Two students were sentenced to a total of 6 years in prison

  January 4, 2023 Newsgroup: Students – Iran’s uprising – Breathing in Confinement: Alireza Ghamgosar, a student at Kashan University, was sentenced to two years in prison by the Revolutionary Court. Alborz Aadi, a student at Azad University in Najaf Abad also,  has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. They both were arrested during […]

December 9th, 2022

Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, two Sharif University’s detained students, sent a message from Evin Prison on the occasion of Student’s Day

  December 7, 2022 News group: protests – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On the occasion of December 7, Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi, two Sharif University’s imprisoned students, in a letter from Evin prison, supported the people and students’ protests.   They wrote: “Students, along with other brave and courageous youth, are the guarantee […]

October 30th, 2022

Uprising in the universities; At least 13 students were arrested in the last two days

October 28, 2022 News group: protests – students – Breathing in Confinement: Concurrently with the 40th day ceremony of the death of Mehsa Amini and Nika Shakrami on October 26 and 27, protests continued in most cities and universities of Iran. On October 26, on the 41st day of the nationwide uprising, protest movements continued […]

October 30th, 2022

A female student arrested by military forces at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

  October 28, 2022 News group: protests – students – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, November 27, 2022, security forces in Zahedan arrested a female student in front of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. As of this writing there is no information about her identity. It is said that armed agents were stationed in front […]

October 9th, 2022

Nationwide protests; At least 40 students are still under arrest

  October 7, 2022 News group: protests – students – Breathing in confinement: More than 20 days after the beginning of the nationwide protests following the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Morality Patrol agents, at least 40 students are still in custody. After the students joined the protests and following a call for strike […]

September 26th, 2022

University students go on a nationwide strike  in protest against arrests and widespread suppression of students

September 26, 2022 News group: protests – students – Breathing in Confinement: Concurrently with the nationwide protests in Iran and the escalating detentions, students at various universities in Iran went on strike. They announced that they won’t attend the classrooms in protest of the suppressions and the arrest of the protesting students and also the […]

June 8th, 2022

To serve his prison sentence, Yashar Tohidi arrested and transferred to Evin Prison

June 8, 2022 Newsgroup: Students – Breathing in Confinement: On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, after appearing in Branch 1 of the Evin Court, Yashar Tohidi, an aerospace student at the Azad University of Tehran, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence. Yashar had previously been sentenced to 2 years and 9 […]

June 7th, 2022

The Court of Appeals upholds the 16-year prison sentence for Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi

June 6, 2022 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Mustafa Nili, lawyer of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, the two imprisoned students of Sharif University, announced that the sentences of these students had been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi each had previously been sentenced to […]