23-June-2021 Newsgroup: Workers and Guilds – From March 20 to May 20, 2021, at least 800 protests were held in the country. In the last 30 days, from May 20 to June 20, 2021 also, people continued to protest. These protests have taken place despite the spread of Covid-19, and its high number of daily […]
23-June-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Prisoners – Execution of at least 12 prisoners, including two women (43 prisoners were executed from March 20 to May 20, 2021) Issuing or upholding of at least 7 death sentences on murder charges Detention of at least 204 citizens, including those who protested the election results in […]
22-June-2021 Newsgroup: Execution – Breathing in Confinement: Deputy prosecutor of the Criminal Court 1 in Tehran, requested a death penalty for a middle-aged man because of drinking alcohol. Previously also the defendant had been arrested three times on charge of drinking alcohol for which he had inflicted 240 lashes. According to “Breathing in Confinement” […]
19-June-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Execution Breathing in Confinement: Ebrahim Raisi, a member of “death delegate” in the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, was announced as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic. As usual, the officials of the Islamic Republic, after manipulating the votes and the statistics of the election, announced that […]
17-June-2021 Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: At the threshold of the 13th presidential election in Iran, the officials of the Prisons Organization have announced that all Rajaei Shar prison personnel should be in standby status from Thursday, June 17, 2021, and that participation in the election is mandatory. According […]
17-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner Saeed Masouri, in his 21st year of imprisonment, wrote a letter on the occasion of the presidential election in Iran. According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Saeed Masouri, one of the most long-standing political prisoners, […]
17-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: The political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared wrote in a letter from Semnan prison: “Boycott the sham election! My vote is the overthrow of the regime. This is my voice! According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Maryam Akbari Monfared […]
June 15, 2021 Newsgroup: Uncategorized – Breathing in Confinement: At the threshold of the presidential election in Iran, Payam Shakiba, a former political prisoner, was arrested by security forces on Monday, June 14, 2021, and taken to an unknown location. Payam Shakiba had been released from Rajaei Shahr prison just 4 months ago, on February […]
13-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Nine months after the execution of Navid Afkari, two of his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari, are still being held in Ebrat Ward known as closed ward, in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz. According to their other brother, Saeed Afkari, despite the injuries they sustain as a result of […]
13-June-2021 Newsgroup: Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: One month after his transfer to Rajaei Shahr Prison, the political prisoner Farzin Rezaei Roshan, was transferred to political ward. On Monday, May 10, Mr. Rezaei Roshan was taken out of Evin Prison under the pretext of being transferred to the hospital. He instead, was transferred to one […]