Rouhani Administration’s Accomplishments and Failings Those who are not in favor of Hassan Rouhani’s administration and remain pessimistic about its accomplishments criticized me last week for making premature judgments over three events. May be they are right because in politics, just like in a game of football, the last minutes of a game can be […]
Category: Sufi news
Gonabadi Dervishes’s Lawyers Condole the Death of Dr. Katouzian ” the Father of Iran’s Science of Law”
The imprisoned lawyers and Gonabadi Dervish rights activists sent a message expressing their condolences over the death of author, Professor Amir Naser Katouzian known in the country as ” the father of Iran’s science of law”.Born in 1927, Professor Katouzian has 45 books in his career mostly used as university curriculum in teaching Law. […]
Former prisoner describes suspicious group from 2009
Iranian journalist and former political prisoner Emaddedin Baghi says that in the wake of the 2009 Iranian election, 100 armed supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were arrested. Baghi quotes the leader of the Motalefeh party, saying: “In one of the post-election demonstrations, the Ministry of Intelligence arrested a group of 100 people between Azadi and […]
Plane With U.S. Military Lands In Iran After ‘Bureaucratic’ Issue
A Fly Dubai charter plane flying from Bagram Air Field to Dubai landed in Bandar Abbas, Iran because of a “bureaucratic” issue, the State Department said on Sept. 5. The State Department said the plane was not “forced down” by the Iranian military and that the issue was resolved. Hours later the plane departed […]
Water supply reduced for agriculture sector
Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced that beginning in October of this year, the water allotted to agricultural developments will be reduced by almost 50 percent in accordance with a proposal by the Department of Environment. ISNA reports that according to top ministry official Mohammad Hossein Shariatmadar, the plan is meant to counter the […]
Imprisoned dervishes begin hunger strike
Nine Gonabadi dervishes in Tehran’s Evin Prison and Shiraz’s Nezam Prison have begun a hunger strike to protest their illegal treatment by prison officials. The Majzooban-e Noor website reported on Saturday September 6 that the Gonabadi dervishes have once again started a hunger strike to protest “the illegal treatment of political prisoners and the […]
Jailed Dervishes in Tehran’s Evin and Shiraz’s Nezam Prisons Join Mass Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Abdi, Omid Behroozi and Kasra Nouri have joined in Dervishes mass hunger strike from today, Saturday,15th of Shahrivar 1393 (September 6, 2014).According to Majzooban Noor, by joining these four Dervishes, nine imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes are now on hunger strike in Evin prison in Tehran and Nezam prison in […]
Despite Health Problems Mostafa Daneshjou and Reza Entesari Join Jailed Peers in Hunger Strike
Mostafa Daneshjou and Reza Entesari, two imprisoned Dervish rights activists announced to start their hunger strike from yesterday.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, two mentioned Dervishes went on hunger strike while both of them are suffering from serious physical illnesses.Reza Entesari recently suffers from chest pain and heart palpitations but prison officials have […]
Hamid-Reza Moradi and Afshin Karampour Started Hunger Strike in Support of Farshid Yadollahi
On the fourth day of hunger strike by imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Farshid Yadollahi, two other jailed Dervishes, Hamid-Reza Moradi and Afshin Karampour have also declared a hunger strike in solidarity with him.Accordig to Majzooban Noor, following the intensification of restrictions on jailed Dervishes, on Sunday 9th of Shahrivar 1393 (August , 31 2014) […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki released from Evin prison
Political prisoner and blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was released from Evin prison today. According to Kaleme blogger and human rights activist Hossein Ronaghi was detained on December 13, 2009 at his home in Malekan close to Tabriz. He was held for 13 months in solitary confinement in Ward 2-A of Evin prison under severe […]