Two of the jailed Iranian dervishes on hunger strike are reportedly in a state of critical health. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that Kasra Nouri. on the fourteenth day of his hunger strike in Shiraz Nezam Prison, is now experiencing “impaired speech and physical weakness.” The report indicates that this is the third time […]
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Gonabadi Dervish and Novelist, Ahmad Bigdeli Passed away
The selected author of “Avaye Nahang” (Sound of the Whale) Ahmad Bigdeli who won the Iranian state book award in 2006, passed away Today, Wednesday, Shahrivar 26, 1393 (Sept 17, 2014).Gonabadi Dervish, Mr Bigdeli was responsible for holding Dervish ceremonies in the city of Yazdanshar in Isfahan Province.His books are “Andaki Sayeh”, “Avaye Nahang” […]
Security Guards Raided Evin’s Ward 4 and Destroyed Personal Items of Hamid-Reza Moradi
Yesterday morning, Tuesday 25th of Shahrivar 1393 (16 September 2014) Evin Prison’s Special Guards raided the ward 4 where the 52-year-old Gonabadi Dervish, Hamid-Reza Moradi is being held and under the pretext of inspection destroyed many of his personal items.One of their cellmates told the Majzooban Noor that, due to his hunger strike, he has […]
Kasra Nouri in the Fourteenth Day of Hunger Strike Suffering from a Speech Disorder
Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who is being held in Shiraz’s Nezam prison, in the fourteenth day of Dervishes mass hunger strike was suffering from a speech disorder and physical weakness. It is for the third time in the last year that he has started a […]
Islam is in Crisis
Last Thursday, the famous Tohid Center in Tehran held its first gathering after a lull of five years and the occasion was to commemorate the moderate ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, a theologian and reformist senior cleric, who had died seven months after the collapse of the Pahlavi regime in 1979. Tohid has a special place […]
The letter of ” migration from Iran to Evin jail ” Campaign to Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The letter of ” migration from Iran to Evin jail ” Campaign to Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi: If Sufism is atheism, then issue a fatwa confirming our apostasy. 2000 of Dervishes who have taken part in the campaign called ” migration from Iran to Evin jail”, by releasing a letter to the Ayatollah Nasser Makarem […]
LETTER TO THE UN; IMPRISONED SUFIS ON THE VERGE OF DEATH!
Tuesday, Sep 16 2014From: Nematollahi Gonabadi SufisTo: The United Nations and other human rights organizations Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soulIf one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain Dear brothers of human society;This letter was written on behalf of the […]
Reading the Will of Jailed Dervishes in the UN Human Rights Council Session
The situation of the Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Iran, UN Human Rights Council Geneva. Monday 15/09/2014Speech of E.Beverly for the “International Organization to Preserve in Iran” during the 27nd side session of the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights of religious minorities in Iran, on the situation of the “Gonabadi Dervishes Hunger Strike […]
Threat of Solitary Confinement to a Prisoner Due to Support of Hunger Striking Dervish Prisoners
Rasoul Hoveyda, non-political and non-Dervish, who has gone on hunger strike to support the demands of the Dervish prisoners, was called into the Evin warden’s office.According to Majzooban Noor, today morning, 24 Shahrivar (Sept 15) Rasoul Hoveyda who is being held in the financial section 8 of Evin prison (Mehriyeh) was summoned to Evin […]
On 12th Days of Dervish Mass Hunger Strike, Omid Behroozi Was Sent to Infirmary
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin prison, Omid Behroozi was taken to the prison infirmary due to his weak physical condition after 12 days on hunger strike.The reports indicate that, as his condition has become so serious and he was not able to walk, so the head of section 7 along with a prisoner […]