Police chief commander of Kavar city summoned and interrogated one of Gonabadi Dervishes and threatened to close their place of worship if they continue holding dervish ceremonies in the city.
Colonel Ebadi, police chief of city Kavar, summoned Mr. Kazem Dehghan, one of the dervishes who is responsible to hold weekly ceremonies in this city, and warned with a threatening tone about holding dervish ceremonies in the city.
Following the illegal interrogation and threats of closure of dervish ceremonies, a number of Gonabadi Dervishes of this province by sending letters to some of the relevant officials, including prosecutor of Kavar, police chief commander of Fars Province, and also governor of the province, then by describing the arbitrary consequences of such actions, seeking to legal measures in confrontation with such anti-legal conducts.
Not long ago, Ali Younisi, Special Assistant to the President of Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities in the country, mentioned that such conducts with Dervishes are “unfortunate” and “arbitrary actions”,which in contrast with the line of “interests of Islamic Republic” . According to his words, these conducts and events occurred in the past and “have not been repeated” since ever.