Following a revolt in Karaj, Qezel Hesar prison, when families of the prisoners who were sentenced to death aggregated outside the prison, a number of prisoners were wounded and killed in fight with security forces. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on 17th August, after a group of prisoners […]
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Thousands Attend Iranian Poet Behbahani’s Funeral
Thousands of Iranians, including prominent intellectuals, artists, and rights activists, have attended a funeral ceremony held in Tehran for celebrated poet and women’s rights advocate Simin Behbahani. Behbahani, known as Iran’s lady of “ghazal” for her use of a traditional genre that employs a series of couplets, died on August 19 in a hospital […]
Akbar Khajoui Passes Away
Veteran Iranian TV and cinema director and a member of the Gonabadi Dervish order, Mr. Akbar Khajoui died Friday night 31 Mordad 1393 (August ,22 2014). The artist died of heart attack four days after he was discharged from hospital on Tuesday. He underwent a heart surgery in 2012. Khajoui was mostly remembered for […]
Two Dervishes Under Interrogation Due to the Migration Campaign to Evin Prison
Two of the Gonabadi Dervishes living in the city of Varamin and host Dervishes ceremonies in their homes, were interrogated by Information officials of the city.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Mr. Nematollah Hatami and Mr. Akbar Rezaei were summoned to Information Office in relationship with “migration of Dervishes from Iran to Evin […]
The First Session of Complaints Against Responsible Individuals about Kavar Incident.
The first session of complaint against four clergymen who were responsible to the Kavar incident, after passing two years lawsuit, was held in the Special Clerical Court in Shiraz.According to Majzooban Noor, following the complaint brought by Saleheddin Moradi, Kasra Nouri and a number of forty Gonabadi Dervishes against four clergymen named Shahbazi, Ghaeminasab, […]
Khuzestan wind storm kills five
Severe winds in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran have killed five and injured 35. The head of Provincial Crisis Management reported to IRNA on Thursday August 21 that one person in Andimeshk, one in Baghmalek and three more in Dezfool were killed under toppled walls and trees or by falling from heights. The report […]
Female photojournalist freed on bail
The Washington Post reports that its female photojournalist who was detained by Iranian authorities a month ago has now been released on bail. The daily has refrained from releasing the name of the photojournalist upon the request of her family; however, it has indicated that she holds dual Iranian-U.S. citizenship. On July 22, Iranian […]
Political Prisoners at Evin Transferred into Quarantine without Explanation
Twenty-seven political prisoners have been transferred from Evin Prison’s Ward 350 to quarantine, where they are now being held in conditions tantamount to clear and serious ill treatment. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Atieh Taheri, the wife of Saeed Matinpour, who is an Azeri journalist and civil […]
Due to the Absence of the Judge, the Trial Session of the Murderer of Martyr Banani Is Suspended
The trail session of investigation of the protest of the late Vahid Banani’s family to the case, due to the absence of the judge at the hearing, was not held. previously, the judge had sentenced the murder to Quasi-Intentional Crime.According to Majzooban Noor, a group of Gonabadi Dervishes of Fars Province who had sent […]
Jailed journalist out on bail after two months
Jailed Iranian journalist Saba Azarpeyk has been released on bail after two months in custody. Azarpeyk’s lawyer told ISNA that Azarpeyk’s family posted bail of 200 million toumans for her release, which occurred at 2 PM. Azarpeyk was arrested in May and charged with propaganda activities against the regime. Azarpeyk’s mother says her daughter […]