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21 June 2025
\nCategory: Freedom of Expression \u2013 Arrests \u2013 Repression<\/p>\n
Breathing in Confinement<\/strong> \u2013 Amid escalating military tensions and clashes between Iran and Israel, the head of the Intelligence Police in Qom Province announced the arrest of 22 individuals on charges such as \u201ccollaboration with Israeli intelligence services\u201d and \u201cspreading public anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners\u2019 Rights League in Iran, citing the head of Qom\u2019s Intelligence and Public Security Police, the arrested individuals were allegedly identified and detained for \u201clinks to the Israeli regime,\u201d \u201csupporting it,\u201d and \u201cposting disturbing content on social media.\u201d However, no specific information has been released regarding the identities of the detainees, the judicial procedures underway, or the precise nature of the charges.<\/p>\n These arrests come at a time when, following Israeli airstrikes and heightened military tensions, the domestic security environment in Iran has significantly tightened. Several citizens have reportedly faced legal action merely for expressing opinions on social media regarding recent military developments.<\/p>\n Breathing in Confinement expressed concern over this trend, stating that arrests based on vague and unsubstantiated accusations violate the principles of fair trial and freedom of expression. The use of ambiguous terms like \u201cspreading public anxiety\u201d or \u201csuspicion of ties to the enemy\u201d without presenting clear evidence facilitates political misuse and undermines the integrity of judicial processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 21 June 2025 Category: Freedom of Expression – Arrests – Repression Breathing in Confinement – Amid escalating military tensions and clashes between Iran and Israel, the head of the Intelligence Police in Qom Province announced the arrest of 22 individuals on charges such as “collaboration with Israeli intelligence services” and “spreading public anxiety.” According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1019,2,1004],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrests","category-freedom-of-expression","category-repression"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3yHPi-1Ds","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6292,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290\/revisions\/6292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bciran.org\/wplocationen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}