Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, appeared in his charges hearings today on Sunday 11 Esfand 1392 ( Mar 2014) in Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Bandar Abbas and after refusing to deposit the bail was sent to prison.
Before starting the session, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad urged the judge to attempt to resolve issues concerning his custody and bail.
He stated that he has not committed any crime so there is no need to post bail, after the judge asked him to change his mind and offered to reduce the bail amount, finally a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad is accused of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “being a member of opposition group”.
Ghalandari Nejad’s attorney, Mr. Davoud Montazeri denied the allegations on his client and defended him.
It should be mentioned that, so far, he has been arrested twice. Once, he had been arrested on 16 Mordad 1391 (Aug 6 , 2012). He was then taken to the Tehran’s Central Detention of the Ministry of Information by air plane, where he was released after 6 days of interrogation and imprisonment, with a warning of not to continue cooperation with Majzooban Noor website any more.
He was again arrested at his own home in the city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, 31 Farvardin 1392 ( April 20, 2013). After his detention, the Gonabadi Dervishes residing in the city of Bandar Abbas, assembled in front of Hormozgan Province’s Intelligence office for being informed of the situation of this Dervish which resulted in his early release from prison.
It should be noted that, since Shahrivar 1390 (Sep 2011) security forces have clashed violently with Gonabadi Dervishes and their news website as “Majzooban Noor”, so that in the past two years, all collaborators with the Majzooban Noor website have been subjected to persecution and more than 20 of its managers, lawyers, staff and contributors have been arrested and ten of them are currently serving their harsh prison sentences.