The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence issued to seven Gonabadi Dervishes, by the Shiraz Revolutionary Court.The seven Gonabadi dervishes residents of Kavar County, have been found guilty of “enmity with God” and “corruption on earth”; three of them are sentenced to lifetime exile and the other four are to spend 28 years in […]
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Holding a Memorial Ceremony for His Holiness “Salih Ali Shah” in Evin and Adel-Abad Prisons
The death anniversary of His Holiness Hajj Shaikh Mohammad Hassan Baidokhti, ” Salih Ali Shah”, was held by the imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes yesterday evening in Evin and Adel-Abad prisons.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in wards 4, 7 and 8 of Evin prison held a ceremony which marks the death anniversary of His […]
High court confirms exile sentences for Dervishes
The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence issued to seven dervishes by the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, according to media outlets linked to Gonabadi Dervishes. The seven dervishes have been found guilty of “enmity with God” and “corruption on earth”; three of them are sentenced to lifetime exile and the other four are to spend […]
Prominent Human Rights Activist Detained and Kept from Seeing Vice President of German Parliament
Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was detained by security agents for several hours as she tried to meet with the Vice President of the German Parliament, Claudia Roth, in Tehran on the afternoon of January 25, 2015, according to http://dw.de/p/1ERmO“>Saham News. She was released at midnight, after she was interrogated and threatened with imprisonment. Roth, […]
Weekly publication closed after printing MP’s letter
The Setareh Sobh weekly has been shut down by order of the Culture and Media Court for publishing Ali Motahari’s letter to the Head of the Judiciary demanding action on the house arrest of opposition leaders. Motahari, a Tehran MP, has been calling for an end to the house arrest of opposition leaders MirHosein […]
Activists call for protection of Tehran gardens
A group of protesters gathered in front of Tehran City Hall to protest the destruction of Tehran’s gardens and orchards. The group called on the mayor to explain why no money has been budgeted for the coming year to protect gardens and orchards in the capital. The group also challenged the destruction of Madar […]
Industrial waste in Rasht polluting local waterways
Sewage and toxic waste from the Rasht Industrial District has been pouring untreated into the Anzali Lagoon and other rivers in Gilan for decades, as the city of Rasht still lacks an adequate sewage system. The head of the Gilan Department of the Environment says the Zarjoub and Gohar Roud Rivers, Anzali Lagoon and […]
MPs Move to Permanently Ban Journalists Connected to Shuttered Publications
A few days after the Iranian Judiciary ordered the reformist Mardom-e Emrooz newspaper banned, ultra conservative members of the Iranian Parliament are working on legislation to permanently ban journalists who have worked for reformist publications that were shut down by the authorities. The measure is meant to ensure that such journalists will not resurface […]
Afshin Karampour’s Medical Care Also Unfinished, Transfer of Three Dervishes’ Rights Activists to Prison in Less than One Week
Afshin Karampour, also, has been returned to the jail following the command of the prosecutor of Tehran; so, the trend of his medical care has been incomplete. Thus, less than one week three jailed activists of dervishes’ rights without any medical discharges have been sent back to prison, respectively.A report by Majzooban Noor […]
Half of Lung of Mostafa Daneshjou Incapacitated
According to the news sources of Gonabadi dervishes in Iran, Mostafa Daneshjou, the jailed lawyer and human rights activist by the order of the prosecutor of Tehranhas been sent back to prison without medical discharge, despite poor health.A report by Majzooban Noor, a news source closed to Gonabadi Dervishes, said that based on the […]