Today 29th of Shahrivar 1393 ( September 20, 2014) security forces had a violent confrontation with peaceful Gonabadi Dervishes who had planned to gather in support of their jailed lawyers Dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office and arrested more than 170 Dervishes in the streets nearby as they are the signers of Campaign […]
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Sudden Release of Rasoul Hoveyda, Non-Political Prisoner that Joined Dervish Hunger Strike
Rasoul Hoveyda, who was being held in ward 8 of Evin prison due to inability to provide dowry, after joined the collective hunger strike of Dervish prisoners, overnight released from prison. A non-political and non-Dervish prisoner, Rasoul Hoveyda who was in the financial section of Evin prison where the two of jailed rights activists […]
Head of Iran’s Prisons Organization Threatened Kasra Nouri to Change His Place of Detention
Head of Iran’s prisons organization threatened Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Dervish rights activist in Shiraz’s Nezam prison to change his place of detention if he continues his hunger strike.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri who is now on 18th day of a mass indefinite hunger strike which has started along with eight imprisoned Dervishes in […]
In address to the supreme leader; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “The only open door to us is the door of prison”
The Signers of Campaign “Dervishes migration from Iran to Evin” in an address to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader,called for an investigation into the violation of the rights of Dervishes by security and judicial entitiesand cited that if our demands based on Sharia and law are not met; we would prefer jail to […]
Families of Jailed Gonabadi Dervishes;”To Go to the Prosecutor to See their Dears for the Last Time”
The families of nine imprisoned Dervishes, who by releasing their wills have gone on hunger strike in prisons of Tehran and Shiraz, are extremely concerned as to the consequences of the hunger strike.According to majzooban Noor, the families of jailed Dervishes who had been waiting for hours in the visiting room, again were deprived […]
As Rouhani Comes to NY, Domestic Repression in Iran Remains Unabated
New Video Shows Gap between Rouhani’s Rhetoric and Reality on the Ground in Iran http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wdZ7vdPndkQ (September 17, 2014) Ahead of President Rouhani’s visit to New York next week, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a video today, bringing into sharp focus the disconnect between Rouhani’s rhetoric on domestic affairs and the reality […]
Radio Zamaneh: Health plummets for jailed dervishes on hunger strike
Two of the jailed Iranian dervishes on hunger strike are reportedly in a state of critical health. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that Kasra Nouri. on the fourteenth day of his hunger strike in Shiraz Nezam Prison, is now experiencing “impaired speech and physical weakness.” The report indicates that this is the third time […]
Gonabadi Dervish and Novelist, Ahmad Bigdeli Passed away
The selected author of “Avaye Nahang” (Sound of the Whale) Ahmad Bigdeli who won the Iranian state book award in 2006, passed away Today, Wednesday, Shahrivar 26, 1393 (Sept 17, 2014).Gonabadi Dervish, Mr Bigdeli was responsible for holding Dervish ceremonies in the city of Yazdanshar in Isfahan Province.His books are “Andaki Sayeh”, “Avaye Nahang” […]
Security Guards Raided Evin’s Ward 4 and Destroyed Personal Items of Hamid-Reza Moradi
Yesterday morning, Tuesday 25th of Shahrivar 1393 (16 September 2014) Evin Prison’s Special Guards raided the ward 4 where the 52-year-old Gonabadi Dervish, Hamid-Reza Moradi is being held and under the pretext of inspection destroyed many of his personal items.One of their cellmates told the Majzooban Noor that, due to his hunger strike, he has […]
Kasra Nouri in the Fourteenth Day of Hunger Strike Suffering from a Speech Disorder
Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who is being held in Shiraz’s Nezam prison, in the fourteenth day of Dervishes mass hunger strike was suffering from a speech disorder and physical weakness. It is for the third time in the last year that he has started a […]