The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake with a magnitude 6.3 has struck 89 kilometers southeast of the Iranian city of Bushehr. The country’s only nuclear power station is based in the area. Iran state media have so far reported three fatalities. The region is about 90 kilometres from the site of Iran’s Bushehr […]
Category: Sufi news
The authorities refuse to release Mohammad Seyfzadeh
Although Mohammad Seyfzadeh has served the sentence of 2 years imprisonment, the authorities of the Rajai Shahr prison are refusing to release this imprisoned lawyer and are making a new case for him. According to a report by the Kalameh website, although the 2 years imprisonment sentence of Mohammad Seyfzadeh, the lawyer and a […]
Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison Chief Resigns
Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison chief resigned from his post.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Ali Mazaffari resigned from his post as Adel Abad prison chief on 18 Farvardin1392 (April 7 2013).Mr. Mozaffari, on his last day as governor of the prison met with two imprisoned Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in Green ward of […]
Detained workers supported by protesters
A group of labour activists and the families of detained workers gathered in front of the Justice Department in Sanandaj on Saturday April 6 to protest the undetermined state of their arrested peers and relatives. The Committee of Coordination of Support for Labour Organizations reports that the assistant prosecutor and interrogator failed to provide […]
The Families of Imprisoned Dervishes: None of the Iranian Judicial Authorities Are Accountable!
Yesterday morning on 18 Farvardin 1392 (April 7, 2013), the mother of Kasra Nouri, Mrs. Shekoufeh Yadollahi along with Mrs. Masoumeh Khalili, the wife of Saleh Moradi met Mr. Ali Alghasi Mehr, the Shiraz district’s public prosecutor and argued over Dervish hunger strikers and their demands.According to Majzooban Noor, Mrs. Yadollahi and Mrs, Khalili […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (07/04/2013)
Responses to Human Rights abuses in Iran 1. On Thursday the 28th of March, the human rights officer at the German Foreign Ministry, Mr. Markus Löning, published a statement expressing his concerns on the health and condition of Kasra Noori, and Saleh Moradi, two Gonabadi dervishes, who are imprisoned and have been on hunger […]
The Situation of Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri after 82 Days on Hunger Strike
Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in the 82nd consecutive day of their hunger strike have emphasized that they will continue their hunger strike despite the prison authorities pressures to force them to break their strike and undermine their will.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel […]
Minister faces further questioning in blogger’s death
After conservative MP Ali Motahari announced that he has not been satisfied with the Interior Minister’s explanations regarding the death of detained blogger Sattar Beheshti, the minister will now face further questioning in Parliament next Tuesday. The Mehr News agency reports that Motahari, who is a member of Parliament’s Culture Commission, said on Saturday […]
No Agreement At Iran Nuclear Talks
EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton says the positions of six world powers and Iran “remain far apart” on Tehran’s nuclear program despite two days of long and intensive discussions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Nonetheless, she appeared to indicate that the talks had been constructive. “For the first time that I’ve seen, [there has been] […]
The Gonabadi Dervishes Across Iran Urging Jailed Dervishes to End Their Hunger Strike
Gonabadi Dervishes across Iran, in a letter urge two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison to end their hunger strike. According to the Majzooban Noor website, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes across cities in Iran, by sending letters which in recognizes the dervishes’ sacrifices and commends their persistence and considering that […]