Breathing in Confinement

Students
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 […]

May 24th, 2022

Court of Appeals sentenced Hasti Amiri to one year in prison  

24-May-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Students – Women – Breathing in Confinement: Hasti Amiri, a student activist at Allameh Tabatabai University, was sentenced by the the Court of Appeals in Tehran to one year in prison. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, in addition to […]

April 27th, 2022

Sentences of 16 years in prison for Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi 

25-April-2022 Newsgroup: Students –   Breathing in Confinement: Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, the two detained students at Sharif University of Technology, were each sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch 29 […]

February 6th, 2022

Increasing pressure on Ali Younesi in Ward 209 of Evin Prison; Reduced phone call permissions to his family

  5-February-2022 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: The Ministry of Intelligence has increased pressure on Ali Younesi, a detained student at Sharif University, by reducing his phone call permissions from two days a week to once a week.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights […]

January 27th, 2022

The second hearing on the case against Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi; The proceeding will be continued

  25- January-2022 Newsgroup: Students – Prisoners –   Breathing in Confinement: On January 25, the second hearing on the case of Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, two detained students of Sharif University, was held in Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.   According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of […]

January 2nd, 2022

To serve her sentence, Nazanin Mohammadnejad was transferred to Evin Prison 

  1-January-2022 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Students – Women – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, January 1, 2022, Nazanin Mohammadnejad, a student at Allameh Tabatabai University and a former student activist at the University of Tehran, was transferred to Evin Prison to spend her 3 year and 4 month-sentence.   According to […]

December 20th, 2021

Raising concern about Leila Hosseinzadeh’s condition; Deprivation from her medication and having been beaten during her transfer from Shiraz to Tehran

  18 December-2021 Newsgroup: Students – Repression –   Breathing in Confinement: On Saturday, December 18, 2021, in a short phone call to her family, Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student union activist, reported her poor physical condition. Ms. Hosseinzadeh stated that following her arrest, she had not been given the ampoule she was regularly taking. She […]

December 7th, 2021

Appeal Court upholds the sentence of 5 years in prison for Leila Hosseinzadeh

6-December-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Students – Women – Repression – Breathing in Confinement: Branch 36 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student activist, and a member of Tehran University Students’ Union, to five years in prison. The sentence had been issued by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, for […]