In a statement entitled ‘The Will’, Gonabadi Dervishes imprisoned in Iran who continue their hunger strike that began on August 31, call on freedom-loving people to bring to justice the Iranian regime’s authorities involved in torturing prisoners. Some member of the group of nine striking Gonabadi Dervishes being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison and […]
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Fears for jailed journalists on hunger strike in Iranian jails
A press freedom organisation has registered its concern about the well-being of a group of hunger-striking journalists in two Iranian jails. Five contributors to the Sufi news website Majzooban Noor – Reza Entesari, Hamidreza Moradi, Mostafa Abdi, Kasra Nouri and Afshin Karampour – began refusing food on 31 August in protest at their prison conditions. […]
Private homes hold more gold than Central Bank
The lack of a clear outlook on the Iranian economy has led Iranians to store large quantities of gold in their home, and recent reports indicate that the amount of gold stored in homes now exceeds the amount in the Central Bank. The Shahrvand Daily reports that according to Gold and Jewelry Producers and […]
“Happy” Youths Go on Trial in Tehran
Charged with Producing “Vulgar Video Clip” and Having “Illicit Relations” The Iranian youths who produced the dance video “Happy in Tehran” set to the Pharrell Williams hit song “Happy” were put on trial in Tehran on September 9, 2014, where they were charged with “participation in producing a vulgar video clip” and conducting “illicit […]
More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium
A young woman’s detention in solitary confinement continues after her June 30, 2014 arrest, following her earlier arrest and release outside a Tehran sports stadium when she tried to attend a volleyball game. Ghoncheh Ghavami’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is unaware of his […]
Reporters Without Borders: Lives of detained Sufi journalists in the balance
They began a hunger strike on 31 August in protest against prison conditionsReporters Without Borders is very worried about the many journalists and netizens who continue to be detained despite suffering serious ailments, and condemns the lack of adequate medical treatment in the prisons where they are held. There is currently a […]
Imprison Us for the Protection of Islam, in Address to the Information Minister
2000 of Dervishes who have taken part in the campaign called ” migration from Iran to Evin jail”, by releasing a letter to the information minister asked him if the concept of the term “Dervish” is synonymous with the term “heresy” in his eyes; so, all of these signers of this campaign will be ready […]
Physical Weakness of Jailed Dervishes Due to the Hunger Strike/ Amir Eslami Transferred to Prison Infirmary
The reports from Evin prison indicate that Amir Eslami is in critical condition and all nine jailed Gonabadi Dervishes who have begun a hunger strike are suffering from extreme body weakness.According to Majzooban Noor, last night, 19 Shahrivar (10 September) imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin’s ward 7 , Amir Eslami, suffered from a […]
Brutal Attack on Jailed Dervishes in Evin Prison Ward 8
This morning, Thursday, 20 Shahrivar 1393 (11 September 2014) Evin Prison’s Special Guards under order from someone named Amir Karbala’iraided the ward 8 where two Dervish rights activists are being held and under the pretext of inspection destroyed many of their personal items. One of their cellmates told the Majzooban Noor that, “Until now […]
Broad Distribution of Dervishes Testaments on virtual networks, Extensive Support by other Dervishes.
When the news of hunger strike, and also the distribution of the testament of the jailed Dervishes which said they would continue their strike unless the security view toward Dervishes be changed; subsequently, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes nationwide announced their intention to join to the jailed Dervish lawyers in prison.According to Majzooban Noor, […]