Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, appeared in his charges hearings today on Sunday 11 Esfand 1392 ( Mar 2014) in Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Bandar Abbas and after refusing to deposit the bail was sent to prison.Before starting the […]
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Kasra Nouri Launchs Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Nezam Prison, Kasra Nouri has launched a hunger strike as a protest against authorities’ disregard to jailed Dervishes’s demands today at down.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, blogger and Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri who had announced his intention to fast in solidarity with ill Dervish prisoners in Ward […]
Critical Condition of Jailed Dervish, Afshin Karampour in Ward 350
The condition of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in ward 350 of Evin prison, Ashin Karampour , who is suffering from lumbar spine pain, has seriously deteriorated due to denial of his transfer to medical centers.The Iranian intelligence authorities have denied Afshin Karampour, medical leave to receive the medical treatment he needs.According to a report by […]
Captive border officers well despite death threat
Iran’s Interior Ministry has announced that the five border officers abducted in Sistan-Baluchistan are alive and well, despite last week’s statements by their abductors, Jeysh-ol-Adl, about killing one of the captives. The Jeysh-ol-Adl militant group published a statement on Twitter last week that they would kill one of their Iranian hostages. According to the […]
74 Iranian wildlife species red-listed by Environment Department
At least 74 species of Iranian wildlife are on the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a sign of serious threats against the country’s biodiversity. The Iranian Department of Environment published a report in advance of World Wildlife Day on March 3, detailing the state of animal biodiversity in […]
Kurdish Death Row Inmate Hospitalized After Prison Beating
A Kurdish death row prisoner was transferred to hospital with internal bleeding after being severely beaten by agents at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj. Loghman Moradi was due to appear at Branch 74 of Tehran Province Criminal Court on February 23. That morning agents told him to put on prison clothes in order to […]
Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou Are Refusing Medication in Ward 350
Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou, imprisoned lawyer and Dervish rights activists in protest action against the authorities’ denial of adequate medical care to imprisoned Dervishes are refusing to accept medication despite the poor state of their health.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, on 6 Esfand 1392 (Feb 25, 2013), judicial authorities sent a letter to […]
Kasra Nouri: I Will Start Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri in a brief note has warned that if the authorities would not pay attention to the situation of the ill Dervish prisoners in Ward 350, will start a hunger strike.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, jailed Gonabadi Dervish in Nezam prison in Fars province, Kasra Nouri after […]
Rohani raises religious equality in Bandar Abbas
There is no discrimination between Shia and Sunni citizen rights in Iran, the Iranian president told residents of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday February 26. Hassan Rohani stressed that his government has promised this equality from the start and will stand by its commitment. In a tour of Hormozgan Province, Rohani gave a speech in […]
Reformist says Iranian journalists ‘defenseless’
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a prominent reformist journalist, chairman of the now-defunct Association of Iranian Journalists and spokesman of the Committee for the Defense of Freedom of the Press, says, “We are still hopeful.” In an interview via email with Al-Monitor, Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a prominent reformist journalist shared his thoughts about […]