Yesterday morning, 12, Mehr (October, 4), Omid Behroozi, a lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes, due to the dizziness and weakness lost his balance and was wounded in the head.According to Majzooban Noor, Omid Behroozi who had just ended his thirty three day hunger strike, yesterday morning despite the severe weakness due to the order of […]
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The Story of Prophet Ibrahim’s attempt to sacrifice his son (celebration of Eid Al-Adha)
Most of us know the story of Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) sacrifice and we say that it was a test by Allah (subha’anuhu wa ta’ala). But do we really understand what Ibrahim went through? Do we appreciate what it was like to be Ibrahim? Can we grasp in thought what happened? Why is it that we […]
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerned about the imprisoned Dervishes’ longer than a month hunger strike
Christoph Strässer, High Commissioner for Human Rights in German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has expressed his and his government’s concerns about the critical conditions of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes, in general, and the nine imprisoned Dervishes, in particular, who went on hunger strike more than a month ago in protest against oppression and suppression […]
Lawyers of Gonabadi Dervishes were asked to end hunger strikes; The voice of your justice seeking has been heard by Nation
More than hundred political activists along with former political prisoners in a letter to the lawyers of Gonabadi Dervishes accentuated that the voice of their justice seeking has been heard by all people of Iran, and now it is time to break their hunger strike and release their families and people of Iran from […]
The Imprisoned Dervishes Stopped Hunger Strike and Announced this in a Letter; Congratulations to Brothers Who Are our Friends and Brothers Who Are Opposed to Us on the Eid.
According to Majzooban Noor, on the eve of Eid al-Adha (feast of the sacrifice), the imprisoned Dervishes announced the end of their hunger strike saying “We do not want to make our brothers and sisters, who are all members of one soul, to suffer even more”. Part of their letter reads: “The security-oriented […]
Increase of Summons and Interrogations from Dervishes in Various Locations
According to Majzooban Noor, over the past few days, three other Dervishes named Mohammad Karimi, Hamed Karimi and Mehdi Bashkal from the city of Bandar Abbas received an SMS with the content of the summon to the Security Police in the mentioned city. Also, Ghasem Hesabi a Dervish from Rudsar city, Gilan Province, has […]
Al-monitor: Iran dervishes protest prisoner treatment, media blackout
Iran’s Gonabadi dervishes held a protest on Sept. 28 against what they claim is the poor treatment of dervish political prisoners and a “news boycott” by domestic media. According to Mazjooban Noor, a website dedicated to publishing news about the Gonabadi dervishes, at least 1,000 people joined the protest outside of the Ministry of […]
Boycott on news related to Dervishes; the prisoners’ families unhappy with frequent but unfulfilled promises
In an interview with Rooz news agency, Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes’ families said that, after the deadline given to officials for fulfilling their demands was over, they staged another “peace rally” in front of Tehran’s Ministry of Justice and, subsequently, visited the representative of the minister.During the rally, of which a number of videos have […]
If No Journalists Jailed in Iran, Why Did You Promise Their Release?
The Iranian president’s short but strange answer to Christian Amanpour’s question has unleashed a wave of criticism against him. One of Rouhani’s main slogans during his presidential campaign was the release of journalists and political prisoner. Only a year after coming to power, however, Rouhani told CNN that he “does not believe that an […]
Six Iranian Filmmakers Launch Campaign Urging Deal Over Nuclear Crisis
(Clockwise from top-left): Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpou, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Asghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi, and Reza Mirkarimi — six prominent Iranian film directors who have launched a campaign calling for a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers. Six prominent Iranian movie directors have launched an Internet campaign saying “there is no deal that is […]