Another 430 Gonabadi Dervishes have been arrested in Tehran, according to the Majzooban-e Noor website. The report indicates that the group was planning to stage a gathering in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office. Gonabadi Dervishes have gathered in Tehran on a number of occasions to protest the treatment of jailed Gonabadi dervishes. This […]
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Dervishes Traveling from Other Parts of the Country to Tehran for Gathering in front of Prosecutor’s Office, Sunday at 9 a.m
Following publishing the news of mass arrest of Gonabadi Dervishes in the streets leading to Tehran Prosecutor’s office and transfer of them to various Police stations today on Saturday 29 Shahrivar (20 September), a large number of Dervishes from other parts of the country, are traveling to Tehran to join their detained brothers and sisters.According […]
Up to Now 430 Dervishes Were Arrested; Some Detainees Started Hunger Strike
Islamic Republic security forces beat and arrested protesters at a peaceful gathering of Gonabadi Dervishes and the families of jailed Dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office. According to reports by Majzooban Noor website, more than 430 men and women with their children were arrested at the event. Gonabadi Dervishes had announced that […]
Arrest of Jailed Dervishes’ Families, Women Were Being Severely Beaten
According to Majzooban Noor, the families of jailed Gonabadi Dervishes have been arrested too. Also, During today’s Gonabadi Dervishes protest, the protesting women were attacked and severely beaten with batons by security forces. These women who were with their children, had planned to go in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office in helping Dervishes […]
Breaking News: Security Forces Arrested Dervishes to Turn off their Voice of Protest
Today 29th of Shahrivar 1393 ( September 20, 2014) security forces had a violent confrontation with peaceful Gonabadi Dervishes who had planned to gather in support of their jailed lawyers Dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office and arrested more than 170 Dervishes in the streets nearby as they are the signers of Campaign […]
Sudden Release of Rasoul Hoveyda, Non-Political Prisoner that Joined Dervish Hunger Strike
Rasoul Hoveyda, who was being held in ward 8 of Evin prison due to inability to provide dowry, after joined the collective hunger strike of Dervish prisoners, overnight released from prison. A non-political and non-Dervish prisoner, Rasoul Hoveyda who was in the financial section of Evin prison where the two of jailed rights activists […]
Head of Iran’s Prisons Organization Threatened Kasra Nouri to Change His Place of Detention
Head of Iran’s prisons organization threatened Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Dervish rights activist in Shiraz’s Nezam prison to change his place of detention if he continues his hunger strike.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri who is now on 18th day of a mass indefinite hunger strike which has started along with eight imprisoned Dervishes in […]
In address to the supreme leader; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “The only open door to us is the door of prison”
The Signers of Campaign “Dervishes migration from Iran to Evin” in an address to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader,called for an investigation into the violation of the rights of Dervishes by security and judicial entitiesand cited that if our demands based on Sharia and law are not met; we would prefer jail to […]
Families of Jailed Gonabadi Dervishes;”To Go to the Prosecutor to See their Dears for the Last Time”
The families of nine imprisoned Dervishes, who by releasing their wills have gone on hunger strike in prisons of Tehran and Shiraz, are extremely concerned as to the consequences of the hunger strike.According to majzooban Noor, the families of jailed Dervishes who had been waiting for hours in the visiting room, again were deprived […]
As Rouhani Comes to NY, Domestic Repression in Iran Remains Unabated
New Video Shows Gap between Rouhani’s Rhetoric and Reality on the Ground in Iran http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wdZ7vdPndkQ (September 17, 2014) Ahead of President Rouhani’s visit to New York next week, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a video today, bringing into sharp focus the disconnect between Rouhani’s rhetoric on domestic affairs and the reality […]