According to Majzooban Noor, on the eve of Eid al-Adha (feast of the sacrifice), the imprisoned Dervishes announced the end of their hunger strike saying “We do not want to make our brothers and sisters, who are all members of one soul, to suffer even more”. Part of their letter reads: “The security-oriented […]
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Increase of Summons and Interrogations from Dervishes in Various Locations
According to Majzooban Noor, over the past few days, three other Dervishes named Mohammad Karimi, Hamed Karimi and Mehdi Bashkal from the city of Bandar Abbas received an SMS with the content of the summon to the Security Police in the mentioned city. Also, Ghasem Hesabi a Dervish from Rudsar city, Gilan Province, has […]
Al-monitor: Iran dervishes protest prisoner treatment, media blackout
Iran’s Gonabadi dervishes held a protest on Sept. 28 against what they claim is the poor treatment of dervish political prisoners and a “news boycott” by domestic media. According to Mazjooban Noor, a website dedicated to publishing news about the Gonabadi dervishes, at least 1,000 people joined the protest outside of the Ministry of […]
Boycott on news related to Dervishes; the prisoners’ families unhappy with frequent but unfulfilled promises
In an interview with Rooz news agency, Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes’ families said that, after the deadline given to officials for fulfilling their demands was over, they staged another “peace rally” in front of Tehran’s Ministry of Justice and, subsequently, visited the representative of the minister.During the rally, of which a number of videos have […]
If No Journalists Jailed in Iran, Why Did You Promise Their Release?
The Iranian president’s short but strange answer to Christian Amanpour’s question has unleashed a wave of criticism against him. One of Rouhani’s main slogans during his presidential campaign was the release of journalists and political prisoner. Only a year after coming to power, however, Rouhani told CNN that he “does not believe that an […]
Six Iranian Filmmakers Launch Campaign Urging Deal Over Nuclear Crisis
(Clockwise from top-left): Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpou, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Asghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi, and Reza Mirkarimi — six prominent Iranian film directors who have launched a campaign calling for a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers. Six prominent Iranian movie directors have launched an Internet campaign saying “there is no deal that is […]
Dervishes from Beidokht were prevented from travelling to Tehran; Follow up report on the interception of the bus carrying female Dervishes from Beidokht to Tehran
Following the arrest of the bus carrying female Dervishes and inspection and interrogation by the road police, they were halted from continuing their journey and the bus was sent back to their home town, Beidokht.According to Majzooban Noor, the road police, under orders from security police, intercepted the bus carrying female Dervishes on the […]
Interception of the bus carrying female Dervishes from Beidokht to Tehran; “You are not allowed to travel to Tehran for the next five days”.
Yesterday, on September 30, a bus carrying around 40 female Gonabadi Dervishes from Beidokht to Tehran was intercepted, and the passengers were subject to inspection and interrogation. To this point of time, they have not been allowed to continue their journey. According to Majzooban Noor, the bus was stopped at Sabzevar Police Station, and […]
Iran executes man for heresy; In Iran, Gonabadi dervishes face persecution, arbitrary arrests and attacks on their prayer houses
A 37-year-old man has been executed in Iran after being found guilty of heresy and insulting prophet Jonah, according to human rights activists. Mohsen Amir-Aslani was arrested nine years ago for his activities which the authorities deemed were heretical. He was engaged in psychotherapy but also led sessions reading and reciting the Qur’an and […]
Monthly Report – A Review of the Human Rights Situation in Iran
The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in August / September (Solar calendar, month of Shahrivar), 2014. This report has been prepared by the office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activists […]