Breathing in Confinement

Women
August 18th, 2023

Security Forces detain seven Women’s Rights Activists

  August 17, 2023 News Group: Women – Prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: On Thursday, August 16, seven women’s rights activists named Matin Yazdani, Forough Sami’nia, Yasamin Hashdari, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezai, and two sisters named Zohreh Dadres and Zahra Dadres were arrested in the cities of Rasht, Anzali, and Fooman and transferred to an […]

August 14th, 2023

Zahra Zehtabchi released after enduring ten years of imprisonment in Evin Prison

  August 9, 2023 News Category: Women – Prisoners – According to “Breathing in Confinement,” the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran,  on Tuesday, August 9, 2023, Zahra Zehtabchi, a political prisoner, was released from Evin Prison after enduring a ten-year imprisonment. Zahra Zehtabchi was arrested on October 15, 2013, along with […]

July 13th, 2023

Two new cases filed against Maryam Akbari Monfared in prison; The date of the hearing was determined

  July 11, 2023 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner in detention for more than 13 years, is facing two new cases filed against her by security entities. Her court hearing date has been scheduled  t be held on July 19, 2023, in the Revolutionary Court. […]

February 13th, 2023

Twelve female political prisoners released from prison

February 8, 2023 Newsgroup: Women – Prisoners – Iran Uprising 2022 – Breathing in Confinement: Saba Kardaafshari, Fariba Asadi, Shahreh Hosseini, Golareh Abbasi, Zahra Safaei, Prasto Moieni, Alia Motallebzadeh, Aram Gohari, Hasti Amiri, Farangis Mazloum, Asal Mohammadi and Negin Bagheri were released from prison. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoner’ […]

January 5th, 2023

Nationwide uprising: Court of Appeal upholds Pegah Sadat Fakhrai’s verdict     2-January-2023 News group: Iran’s uprising – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Pegah Sadat Fakhrai’s verdict was upheld by the appeals court. Ms. Fakhraei is one of the detainees during the nationwide uprising. She was sentenced by Tehran Revolutionary Court to 5 […]

January 1st, 2023

On the eve of her fourteenth year in prison; A letter from Maryam Akbari Monfared from Semnan Prison

December 29, 2022 News group: women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner imprisoned in Semnan prison, on the eve of  her 14th year of incarceration, writes a letter about her suffering and pain during these years. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the  Prisoners’  Rights League […]

December 7th, 2022

Nationwide uprising; Sara Shamsaei sentenced to 6 years in prison

December 6, 2022 News group: protests – women – prisoners Breathing in Confinement: Sara Shamsaei, one of the detained protesters in the nationwide uprising, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in […]

September 20th, 2022

The third day of nationwide protest and strike in Iran following the murder of Mahsa Amini

September 20, 2022 Newsgroup: Protests – Women – Breathing in Confinement: On Monday, September 19, 2022, for the third day in a row, people in various cities in Iran continued their protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini by the police forces of Tehran’s “moral patrol”. Concurrently, on Monday morning, most cities of Kurdistan went […]

September 19th, 2022

Sanandaj; People’s protests are ongoing after the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini

September 17, 2022 News group: freedom of speech – protests – women – Breathing in Confinement: On September 17, the people of Sanandaj protested against the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini and stood up against the Police Special Forces.   According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, […]

September 19th, 2022

Leila Mirghafari was temporarily released on bail

September 18, 2022 News group: protests – women – prisoners – Breathing in Confinement: Leila Mirghafari, a civil activist who was arrested in front of Kasra Hospital during protests against the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini , was released on bail. She had been arrested on September 16, in front of Kasra hospital following being […]