Iran’s Ministry of Science has announced that Farhad Rahbar’s four-year term as president of the University of Tehran has ended and he will now be replaced by Mohammad Hossein Omid, the financial deputy of the science ministry. Farhad Rahbar told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday February 18 that he was informed of his […]
Category: Sufi news
Saving dying lake is priority for Iranian leader
The first cabinet decision made under Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, wasn’t about how to resolve his country’s nuclear dispute with world powers. It was about how to keep the nation’s largest lake from disappearing. Lake Oroumieh, one of the biggest saltwater lakes on Earth, has shrunk more than 80 percent to 1,000 square […]
Judiciary Chief and IRGC Commander Weigh In On House Arrest
Two Iranian officials made new statements about the judicial aspects of the continued house arrest of government critics Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi today. At his regular meeting with Judiciary officials today, Head of the Iranian Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said that the Iranian Judiciary’s conduct in the aftermath of […]
Iran Asks Pakistan for Help in Political Hostage Crisis
The abduction of five Iranian border guards by a violent political group in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province last week is growing beyond Iran’s borders into an international issue. “We are not dealing with this group,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission. “We will be dealing with the […]
Gonabadi Dervishes Come Under Increased Pressure to Shut Down Their House of Worship in Babak Town
Recently Intelligence Bureau of southeastern town of Babak in Kerman province is frequently attempting to summon, interrogate and take Gonabadi Dervishes under inquisition.According to reports obtained by Majzooban Noor, Intelligence Bureau of Shahre Babak also installed a camera (Closed circuit camera) in front of the place where Dervishes used to worship and pray. Security […]
Historical Takht-e Foulad Demolition Anniversary
“Dervish Naser Ali”, Shaikh Asadolah Izadghoshasb was born in 1262 in Gholpayeghan, Iran.His father, Mohammad Izadghoshasb, a rather wealthy person was a poet in his own right. His mother died when Shams was only five years old. He started school at the age of six. By the time he was eighteen, he had studied literature, […]
Celebration to Mark His Holiness Nour Ali Shah Birth Anniversary in Nezam Prison
The birth anniversary of His Holiness Nour Ali Shah the second, great late Qutb of Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi order was being celebrated on 17 Rabi al-Thani (lunar calendar) in Shiraz’s Nezam prison.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, on 24th of Bahman 1392 coinciding with 17th Rabi al-Thani 1435 (17th February 2014) imprisoned Dervish, […]
Iranian National Security Council Spokesperson Reminds Media of Gag Order About Nuclear Issue
In a new interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA), Kayvan Khosravi, the Spokesperson for the Supreme National Security Council Secretariat, cautioned the media not to publish news quoting any authorities other than the Supreme Security Council’s Secretariat office. “Announcing news and information related to the Supreme National Security Council and its […]
Gap Between Employer and Employee Wages: 1.5 Million Toman
While labor activists in Iran believe that the poverty line in the country will rise to over 2 million Toman within a year, the administration plans to raise the wages of workers by only about 100,000 to 120,000 Toman for the new Iranian calendar year which begins next month on March 21, 2014, resulting […]
Rouhani’s women’s affairs deputy needs husband’s permission to travel
President Hassan Rouhani’s deputy for women and family affairs has admitted that even she needs her husband’s permission to apply for a passport to travel abroad. Responding on Facebook to a friend’s question about this issue, Shahindokht Mulaverdi added: “Article 18 of the proposed passport law aims to tackle the issue of husbands’ consent. […]