Tehran’s former chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is behind bars, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
Category: Sufi news
No News of Detained Gonabadi Dervish Situation After One Week
It is more than one week since Gonabadi dervish, Arash Shaltouki resident of Karaj arrested and there has been no information on his condition, accusations and reason for his arrest.
The Latest Status of Imprisoned Dervishes in Ward 209 in an Interview With Voice of America
Seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor’s managers (Messrs. Hamid Reza Moradi Sarvestani, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Farshid Yadollahi, Afshin Karampour, Omid Behroozi and Reza Entesari) because of refusing to participate in court due to illegal process hearing, under order from judge Salavati, have being held in solitary confinement for […]
Putting Pressure on Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri to Confess About Their Physical Health
Messrs. Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri were forced to sign a letter stating that they have good physical health and they do not need any medical treatment and health care.
Iranian Labour Minister impeached in fiery session
Iran’s Parliament voted to remove the Minister of Labour today, Sunday February 3, during a volatile session steeped in accusations and conflict.
Iran rial hits ‘all-time dollar low’
Iran’s currency plummeted to an all-time low on Saturday, registering a more than 21-percent drop in a span of two weeks against the US dollar, currency tracking websites and money changers said.
German cheque bust man is ex-Iran bank head
The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reports that a man caught last month trying to enter Germany with a cheque worth about $70 million was Iran’s former central bank chief.
New date set for nuclear talks with Iran
Nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers will take place on February 25 in Kazakhstan.
Attacks on Sufi Mystics Warn of Wider Islamist Carnage
In nearly all the Arab revolutions in North Africa and the jihadist offensives that followed them, incursions against Sufi shrines have preceded the onset of wide-scale radical aggression.
Shirin Ebadi’ letter to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed Regarding the Recent Arrests of Journalists in Iran
Your Excellency Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, The Honourable United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran