Unlawful interference of Judge Salavati in the medical treatment of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience continues. In an new improper interference by judge Salavati in the medical treatment process of Jailed Gonabadi Dervishes, Farshid Yadollahi, Omid Behroozi, Afshin Karampour and Hamid Reza Moradi, were prevented from transfer to hospitals outside of prison. According to […]
Category: Sufi news
Stately trees disappearing from renowned Tehran avenue
The Human Rights Activists News Agency reports that Tehran city officials are cutting down 70-year-old trees at night on one of the city’s main arteries, Vali Asr Avenue. Reports indicate that pedestrians have been shocked to find stumps and other evidence of the missing trees. HRANA quoted an anonymous source saying: “Maybe the trees […]
IRGC Intelligence Opposes Needed Medical Furlough For Hossein Ronaghi
Tehran’s district attorney’s office has informed the family of incarcerated human rights activist, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki that the IRGC Intelligence is preventing the granting of a medical furlough for Hossein. According to Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor, IRGC (the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps) has stated that, because, Hossein Ronaghi continued his activism while on the previous […]
Is Ayatollah Zanjani’s Edict a Model to Breakthrough Religious Deadlocks?
Drinking Water While Fasting: Reactions to a Controversial Fatwa A fatwa that allows Shiite fasters to drink water during their day-long fast that was issued by senior ayatollah Bayat Zanjani a few days ago has caught the attention of Iran’s media and is stirring controversy. The ayatollah Zanjani’s official website has acknowledged that after […]
Reporters Without Borders Condemns Heavy Prison Sentences Against Majzooban Noor bloggers
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2013) 16.07.2013-Total of 56 years in prison for seven netizens Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns the harsh sentences ranging from seven and a half to 10 years in prison that a Tehran revolutionary court passed on seven contributors to the Sufi website https://majzooban.org/en ( on 13 […]
No furlough for jailed student activist
Jailed Iranian student activist Majid Tavakoli has been denied a furlough three and a half years into his jail term. Daneshjoo News reports that the Tehran Prosecutor’s office has reportedly informed the family that the Intelligence Ministry is refusing leave for Tavakoli. His family has already put up his bail of 6 billion rials, […]
Death Anniversary of Mr. Hajj Ali Tabandeh “Mahboub Alishah” in Evin and AdelAbad Prison
Death anniversary of Mr. Hajj Ali Tabandeh “Mahboub Alishah” was held in Tehran Evin and Shiraz Adel Abad Prison by jailed Dervishes on 23 Tir 92 ( July 14, 2013). According to Majzooban Noor, the imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyers and administrators of Majzooban Noor website ( Nematollahi Gonabadi Order News Site ), held a […]
MP calls again for action on Lake Oroumiyeh
Iranian MP Mehdi Issazadeh has once again raised the alarm about the declining water levels in Lake Oroumiyeh, saying the lake is on the verge of drying out completely. Khaneh Mellat reports that the MP said: “The situation at Lake Oroumiyeh is a wake-up call for officials and it threatens the country.” Issazadeh said […]
Rohani Vows Better Parliament Relations
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani has pledged to work closely with parliament, setting a more conciliatory tone than outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who was known for his feuds with lawmakers. In a speech on July 14 to lawmakers, Rohani said his administration “will not think of confrontation with parliament, nor will it think of, God […]
Imprisoned HR Activist Blogger Hossein Ronaghi’s Father: “My Son’s Life Is In Danger”
In a letter, father of imprisoned rights activist and blogger, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, has asked Tehran’s District Attorney and other Judiciary officials to grant his son medical furlough. Last April, while on medical furlough, Hossein Ronaghi was hospitalized with kidney function complications and was operated on for the 6th time. But prior to the […]