Breathing in Confinement

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February 10th, 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.   According […]

January 26th, 2021

Security forces detain a citizen in Bukan

Breating in Confinement: Without presenting a court order, security forces arrested a citizen from Bukan, named Sardar Mohammadpour.     According to the Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, a few days ago, a citizen from Bukan named “Sardar Mohammadpour” was arrested by security forces who failed to show a court order.     […]

January 11th, 2021

Amnesty International condemns the decision of Islamic Republic’s leader on banning the import of Covid-19 vaccine

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Amnesty International called the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader’s decision to ban millions of Iranians from having access to the vital British and American-made coronavirus vaccines, a disregard for the right to life and the right to health.

January 11th, 2021

Ten people in Kargan village, were injured after being attacked and shot by the naval officers

Breathing in Confinement, January 11, 2021: Being attacked and shot by the naval officers, ten people were injured in the village of Kargan.

December 31st, 2020

Execution of a juvenile inmate in Lakan Prison in Rasht

Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, December 31, 2020, after 13 years in prison, Mohammad Hassan Rezaei, who was only 16 at the time of the alleged crime in 2007, was executed in Lakan Prison in Rasht.

December 28th, 2020

After 30 days in solitary confinement, Shohreh Hosseini transferred to the political women ward of Evin Prison

Breathing in Confinement: On December 27, 2020, after appearing in Evin court, Shohreh Hosseini, a civil activist who had been detained since November 28, 2020, was transferred to the political women ward of Evin Prison. She is currently being held in Evin’s quarantine ward.

December 20th, 2020

Zahedan Prison, at least 5 prisoners transferred to solitary confinement for execution

Breathing in Confinement, December 18, 2020: The lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced the transfer of at least five prisoners to solitary confinement to serve their death sentences. The detainees were jailed on charges of Baqy (rebellion and defiance against the Imam and the Islamic ruler) and membership in opposition groups. Mr. Nili wrote on a tweet […]

December 17th, 2020

Summoning a Baloch citizen to the intelligence office in the City of Konarak

Breathing in Confinement, December 17, 2020: A Baloch citizen named “Shahab Dashti” was summoned to the Konarak Intelligence Office.   According to the Baloch activists’ campaign, on December 16, 2020, for the second time in a week, a Baloch citizen named “Shahab Dashti” from the city of Konarak was summoned to the city’s intelligence office. […]

December 17th, 2020

Continuing pressures on Navid Afkari’s family; Detention of his father and brother for several hours

  Breathing in Confinement, December 17, 2020: Today, Hossein Afkari, the father of the executed wrestler, Navid Afkari, and Hamid Afkari, Navid’s brother, were arrested at Navid’s grave to be interrogated and threatened by the security agents of the Ministry of Intelligence for several hours.   According to “Breathing in Confinement “, the news organ […]

December 16th, 2020

To serve his prison sentence, Khairat Parvazeh is transferred to Marivan prison

Breathing in Confinement, December 15, 2020: Khairat Parvazeh, a 30-year-old citizen of Marivan, was transferred to Marivan Prison on a charge of “collaborating with a Kurdish opposition party.”