Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison chief resigned from his post.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Ali Mazaffari resigned from his post as Adel Abad prison chief on 18 Farvardin1392 (April 7 2013).Mr. Mozaffari, on his last day as governor of the prison met with two imprisoned Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in Green ward of […]
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The Situation of Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri after 82 Days on Hunger Strike
Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in the 82nd consecutive day of their hunger strike have emphasized that they will continue their hunger strike despite the prison authorities pressures to force them to break their strike and undermine their will.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel […]
The Gonabadi Dervishes Across Iran Urging Jailed Dervishes to End Their Hunger Strike
Gonabadi Dervishes across Iran, in a letter urge two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison to end their hunger strike. According to the Majzooban Noor website, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes across cities in Iran, by sending letters which in recognizes the dervishes’ sacrifices and commends their persistence and considering that […]
Dervishes Reached the 76th Day of Hunger Strike/Judiciary Continues to Reject Legal Demands of Them
On the seventy-six day of hunger strike, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, despite their dire health and with forced therapeutic serum , insist on their demands and they have announced that their unlimited hunger strike will be continued until responsible officials would meet their legal […]
Transfer of Kasra Nouri to No.100 of Shiraz/ Growing Pressure on Jailed Dervishes by the Judiciary
Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nouri in 75th day of his hunger strike was taken to intelligence detention center of Shiraz (known as Pelak sad/ No. 100) where he was interrogated and beaten.According to Majzooban Noor, this morning 11 Farvardin 1392 (March 31, 2013), Kasra Nouri who along with other Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi is on […]
Security and Intelligence Forces’s Outrageous Demand From Family Members of Dervishes
The Families of imprisoned Dervishes announced that, the Ministry of Information has asked them to declare: “All detained dervishes in Tehran’s Evin and Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison are not Dervishes (!) and not related to Nematollahi Gonabadi order and would act independently!”According to Majzooban Noor, in an interview with “Raha News”, the wife of […]
Collective Meetings of Dervishes With Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri’s Families
A large number of Gonabadi Dervishes residents of Shiraz, at a meeting with families of imprisoned Dervishes in Adel Abad prison, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri who are currently on hunger strike for 74 days, by appeasing their families, requested them to convey their feeling and messages to jailed Dervishes to end their hunger […]
A Report On Situation Of Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes Under Harsh Conditions In Section 209 of Evin Prison
It is now more than 70 days that imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyers have endured inhumane conditions of the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 in Evin prison.According to Majzooban Noor, seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor’s managers (Messrs. Hamid Reza Moradi Sarvestani, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Farshid Yadollahi, Afshin Karampour, Omid Behroozi and Reza Entesari) […]
Heaviest Pressures; Highest Costs
The Iranian calendar year turned into a new year on the first day of spring – March 20th – as it does every year. So this is a time of reflection on many issues and for many people in the country. For students and university professionals, this was the year when they witnessed unprecedented […]
In Iran, Concern Grows Over Dervishes On Prison Hunger Strike
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has expressed concern over the conditions of two jailed dervishes who are reportedly on hunger strike in an Iranian prison. The two men — Salehedin Moradi and Kasra Nouri — are members of Iran’s largest Sufi order, the Nematollahi Gonabadi order, which in recent years has come […]