After protest gathering by Gonabadi Dervishes in recent weeks and following the increase of summons of Dervishes to the security police via SMS and phone and illegal security behavior in dealing with them, some full-time officers were appointed to chase some scholars and influential Dervishes and keeping them under surveillance.According to reports by Majzooban […]
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Gonabadi Dervishes and Civil Disobedience
In an analytical essay entitled “Gonabadi Dervishes and Civil Disobedience”, Tavana website focuses on the dervishes’ sufferings and consequent protests, drawing upon the ideas of Farhad Nouri, the editor-in-chief of Majzooban Noor website, and Ammar Maleki, a researcher in political sciences. Tavana website introduces itself as an electronic training platform for Iranian civil society […]
Jailed activist in legal limbo starts hunger strike
Iranian activist Ghoncheh Qavami has begun a hunger strike after 100 days in jail in protest to her undetermined state in Evin Prison. The Kaleme website reports that on Wednesday October 1, Qavami started a hunger strike. She is no longer being questioned, and although her file has been referred to the Revolutionary Court, […]
Plan for Sunni prayer centre to proceed in Zahedan
A senior Iranian Sunni leader and Zahedan Friday Imam has announced that after 12 years of waiting, a piece of land has been granted for the construction of a Sunni prayer centre. Mowlana Abdolhamid referred to the land as “a gift from the Islamic government to the people” and expressed gratitude to provincial officials […]
Jailed Journalist Ahmadi Amouyi completes sentence
Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, a jailed Iranian journalist, has been released after serving out his sentence. Jila Bani Yaghoub, a prominent Iranian journalist and Ahmadi Amouyi’s wife, reported that Ahmadi Amouyi was released on Staurday October 4 with two days of delay. Ahmadi Amouyi was arrested in the aftermath of the 2009 election protests in […]
Illegal Interrogation of a Dervish in the Workplace
Mr. Hassan Ahmadi, a Gonabadi Dervish from Hormozgan province was interrogated by the inquisition in his office yesterday.According to Majzooban Noor, after Dervishes’ protest rally and following the increase of summons of Gonabadi Dervishes to the security police via SMS and phone and illegal security behavior in dealing with them, Mr. Hassan Ahmadi, Dervish […]
Omid Behroozi Is Injured in Evin Prison
Yesterday morning, 12, Mehr (October, 4), Omid Behroozi, a lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes, due to the dizziness and weakness lost his balance and was wounded in the head.According to Majzooban Noor, Omid Behroozi who had just ended his thirty three day hunger strike, yesterday morning despite the severe weakness due to the order of […]
The Story of Prophet Ibrahim’s attempt to sacrifice his son (celebration of Eid Al-Adha)
Most of us know the story of Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) sacrifice and we say that it was a test by Allah (subha’anuhu wa ta’ala). But do we really understand what Ibrahim went through? Do we appreciate what it was like to be Ibrahim? Can we grasp in thought what happened? Why is it that we […]
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerned about the imprisoned Dervishes’ longer than a month hunger strike
Christoph Strässer, High Commissioner for Human Rights in German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has expressed his and his government’s concerns about the critical conditions of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes, in general, and the nine imprisoned Dervishes, in particular, who went on hunger strike more than a month ago in protest against oppression and suppression […]
Lawyers of Gonabadi Dervishes were asked to end hunger strikes; The voice of your justice seeking has been heard by Nation
More than hundred political activists along with former political prisoners in a letter to the lawyers of Gonabadi Dervishes accentuated that the voice of their justice seeking has been heard by all people of Iran, and now it is time to break their hunger strike and release their families and people of Iran from […]