After nine days on dry hunger strike, Gonabadi Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri are in dire health condition.According to Majzooban Noor, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri who have began “dry” hunger strike (refusing water in addition to food) since Thursday morning 1st day of Farvardin 1392 (March 21, 2013), after being on “wet” […]
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Inmates in Ward 350 Asked Dervishes to Break Their Hunger Strike
22 Imprisoned Green Movement supporter held in Section 350 of Evin prison, have issued an open letter urging two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Adel Abad Prison to end their protest hunger strike.According to Kaleme website, in a letter signed by jailed Green movement activists, noted that: “You brought oppressed Dervishes’s voice to whole world […]
Investigation of Haleh Sahabi’s Death Closed Without Visual Evidence Review
Two years after the death of Haleh Sahabi at her father’s funeral, a Tehran Court has declared she died of “natural causes” and closed the investigation. In an interview with Rooz Online, Sahabi’s husband stated that the court refused to review films and photographs pertaining to the incident despite the court testimonies of four […]
‘My father’s at imminent risk,’ says son of jailed blogger Khazali
The life of imprisoned Iranian blogger, publisher and physician Mahdi Khazali is at imminent risk, his son has warned. Mohammad Saleh Khazali, son of dissident blogger Mahdi Khazali, says his father faces an imminent threat to his life after more than 88 days of hunger strike. In a Facebook post, Khazali wrote, “My father’s […]
Heaviest Pressures; Highest Costs
The Iranian calendar year turned into a new year on the first day of spring – March 20th – as it does every year. So this is a time of reflection on many issues and for many people in the country. For students and university professionals, this was the year when they witnessed unprecedented […]
Inspiring Norooz Message From Imprisoned Rights Attorney Abdolfatah Soltani
Distinguished imprisoned rights attorney Abdolfatah Soltani has sent out a Norooz (Iranian New Year)message from Evin prison which was posted by his daughter Maedeh on her Facebook. Abdolfatah Soltani, a rights lawyer, spokesman and co-founder of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, was arrested on September 10, 2011. Soltani was tried and convicted on […]
In Iran, Concern Grows Over Dervishes On Prison Hunger Strike
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has expressed concern over the conditions of two jailed dervishes who are reportedly on hunger strike in an Iranian prison. The two men — Salehedin Moradi and Kasra Nouri — are members of Iran’s largest Sufi order, the Nematollahi Gonabadi order, which in recent years has come […]
Jailed Dervishes in Ward 350, AliReza Roushan and Mostafa Abdi Suspended Their Hunger Strike
According to Majzooban Noor, quoted from Kaleme website, Monday morning two imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Ward 350 of Evin prison, Ali Reza Roushan and Mostafa Abdi who have lunched a hunger strike since the first day of Farvardin 1392 (March 21 2013) were summoned to the Intelligence Protection office of Evin prison and then […]
Threats and Intimidation: Judiciary and Intelligence Solutions to Break Dervishes’s Hunger Strike
A few hours ago, when the Dervishes gathered in front of Adel Abad prison, security forces by threats and putting pressure on two striker Dervishes, forced them to eat some bread and took video reports of them!According to Majzooban Noor, this Morning: Farvardin 6 1392 (March 26 2013), on the sixth day of two […]
Protest Gathering of Gonabadi Dervishes in Front of AdelAbad Prison/Dervishes On sixth day of Dry Hunger Strike
This Morning: Farvardin 6 1392 (March 26 2013), on the sixth day of two Dervishes’s dry hunger strike, over 50 Gonabadi Dervishes that their numbers are increasing, gathered and sought sanctuary in front of the Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison.According to Majzooban Noor, with deteriorating health condition of two Dervishes who are currently on seventieth […]