The terrible situation in Iran, described in a UN report, should be raised with President Rouhani during his US visit As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives in New York for the 69th United Nations General Assembly, Reporters Without Borders reiterates its condemnation of the reinforcement of censorship under Rouhani and his many broken […]
Tag: Gonabadi dervishes
Sufi physicians’ Letter to the President: The Dervishes’ hunger strike is the consequence of the speech by the Minister of Intelligence
In a letter to Dr. Hassan Rohani, the Iranian president, a number of Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi health practitioners highlighted the extremely dangerous health conditions of the Gonabadi Dervishes on hunger strike in Evin and Nezaam-e Shiraz prisons and urged him, as an agent of the law, to prevent the self-willed forces from suppressing the Dervish […]
Radio Zamaneh: Security forces injure protesting dervishes
A second day of protest by Gonabadi dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office was met violently by security forces, who attacked and arrested a number of protesters. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that riot police used batons and tear gas, and some of dervishes sustained serious injuries such as broken bones. The […]
On the second day of gathering, one hundred more to the previous detained dervishes.
Based on the released reports, the number of Dervishes who has been arrested in the bloody attack reached one hundred, today.According to a report by majzooban Noor , last morning Sunday, September 21, 2014, many military and plainclothes security agents surrounded the district of Behesht street and the City Park also. They had earlier […]
Dervishes Were Beaten, Humiliated and Injured by Security Forces
On Sunday September 21st, at 9.00am Gonabadi Dervishes gathered in front of the Prosecutor General’s office to rally in peace.After the announcement of Dervishes gathering on Sunday morning, the security forces closed the streets and Tehran’s Bazaar Metro’s exits in an effort to stop the crowd. The protestors were stopped from standing or sitting […]
Dervishes Traveling from Other Parts of the Country to Tehran for Gathering in front of Prosecutor’s Office, Sunday at 9 a.m
Following publishing the news of mass arrest of Gonabadi Dervishes in the streets leading to Tehran Prosecutor’s office and transfer of them to various Police stations today on Saturday 29 Shahrivar (20 September), a large number of Dervishes from other parts of the country, are traveling to Tehran to join their detained brothers and sisters.According […]
Arrest of Jailed Dervishes’ Families, Women Were Being Severely Beaten
According to Majzooban Noor, the families of jailed Gonabadi Dervishes have been arrested too. Also, During today’s Gonabadi Dervishes protest, the protesting women were attacked and severely beaten with batons by security forces. These women who were with their children, had planned to go in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office in helping Dervishes […]
Breaking News: Security Forces Arrested Dervishes to Turn off their Voice of Protest
Today 29th of Shahrivar 1393 ( September 20, 2014) security forces had a violent confrontation with peaceful Gonabadi Dervishes who had planned to gather in support of their jailed lawyers Dervishes in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office and arrested more than 170 Dervishes in the streets nearby as they are the signers of Campaign […]
Sudden Release of Rasoul Hoveyda, Non-Political Prisoner that Joined Dervish Hunger Strike
Rasoul Hoveyda, who was being held in ward 8 of Evin prison due to inability to provide dowry, after joined the collective hunger strike of Dervish prisoners, overnight released from prison. A non-political and non-Dervish prisoner, Rasoul Hoveyda who was in the financial section of Evin prison where the two of jailed rights activists […]
In address to the supreme leader; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “The only open door to us is the door of prison”
The Signers of Campaign “Dervishes migration from Iran to Evin” in an address to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader,called for an investigation into the violation of the rights of Dervishes by security and judicial entitiesand cited that if our demands based on Sharia and law are not met; we would prefer jail to […]