Rouhani and Other Administration Officials Speak Out against Discrimination Analysis– Almost two years after his 2013 election, President Hassan Rouhani and his Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, spoke up against discrimination against women this week, in the face of steadily deteriorating conditions for women in Iran. “The government considers it […]
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No News from Three Dervishes Sentenced to Exile
While four days have passed of the arrest of three Gonabadi Dervishes sentenced to exile at the entrance road led to Kavar, still no precise information has leaked from their current condition and status. According to Majzooban Noor, although the local authorities over the past days proclaimed that the dispatch of the dervishes to […]
Exile of 3 Dervishes Executed “Judicial Officials Say”
In the wake of yesterday’s arrest of 4 dervishes of city Kavar, at noon the judicial officials announced the transfer of three of them to the exile sites. Majzooban Noor News Website adds that, yesterday, in afternoon when the lawyers and some dervishes referred to the Revolutionary Court to be aware of the condition […]
“Majzooban Noor Website Releases a Statement” In Protest to Current Behaviors toward Salehedin Moradi, a Right Activist of Gonabadi Dervishes
HOU121 At the time of parade and domination of ignorance, rigor and captivity of freedom and justice, when the ugly demon, violence and extremism threaten the fate and community life, anyway but some day will come and the spider webs of this evil will be unleashed and destroyed via the insight of conscience and awareness […]
Dr. Seyed M. Azmayesh met Christoph Strässer; Four Dervishes charged with Moharebeh
Four Dervishes from Kavar have been charged with “forming a terrorist group against the government,” “participating in gatherings with the aim of overthrowing the regime,” “enmity against God” and “having illegal weapons” in the revolutionary court of Shiraz on Saturday morning, 5th of April.According to several reports from Iran and Majzooban noor website Mohsen […]
4 Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested near Kavar
A couple hours ago, 4 Gonabadi dervishes settling in Kavar while driving to their city in their private vehicles, were arrested.Majzooban Noor, the Website of Gonabadi Dervishes, also added that Mr. Kazem Dehghan, Mohammad-Ali Dehghan, Hamid Arayesh, and Zabihollah Kourdpour who were driving from Tehran to Kavar, some hours ago were arrested about 15 […]
Illegal Acts repeated against Gonabadi Dervishes/ Salah Moradi’s Mustache Shaved Obligatorily, Transferred to Ward 4 of Adel Abad
The security officials of the prison of Adel Abad in Shiraz sent Salehedin Moradi, a rights activist of Gonabadi Dervishes, contemptuously to the ward 4 of the mentioned prison after shaving his mustache.The Website of Majzooban Noor also goes on, this only indicates their vindictive and inhuman objectives to humiliate and also belittle the […]
Prominent Activists Optimistic on End of Ban on Women at Sports Stadiums
Two prominent Iranian human rights defenders have expressed optimism over the recent moves in Iran to amend the laws banning women from sports stadiums, but note that real and permanent changes will require time and sustained citizen support for its realization. The moves to end the ban follow an international outcry over Iran’s refusal […]
Executions Useless in Preventing Drug Crimes says Prominent Iranian Lawyer
In an interview with ISNA (the Iranian Student News Agency), the prominent Iranian lawyer Nemat Ahmadi lambasted Iran’s anti-drug law, calling it “lacking in preventive powers” despite its stipulation of the death penalty as punishment for drug traffickers. “We have no other laws about drug trafficking, and because the anti-drug law was passed […]
Tehran Professor Decries Iran’s Criticism of UN Human Rights Expert
Tehran University Professor Sadegh Zibakalam (Right), and Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham (Left) The following is a translation of Tehran University Professor Sadegh Zibakalam’s letter to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Marzieh Afkham, responding to her statements on the latest report of Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human […]