Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. On Thursday 10th July two republican senators submitted the draft plan in order to increase sanctions on Iran, not because of Iran’s nuclear program but regarding human rights issues in Iran.Women’s Right’s1. During the past week, Fatemeh Hashemi, the daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who is […]
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Hundreds of Dervishes Welcome Migration Campaign.
Only after 72 hours after the launch campaign called ” Migration to Evin Prison”, more than 600 hundreds of Gonabadi Dervishes enrolled their names in this campaign throughout Iran.According to Majzooban Noor, Dervishes who have registered their names in this campaign stressed:“In the bottleneck of lack of commitment to law enforcement by authorities, the […]
“Dervishes Migrate from Iran to Evin Prison” Campaign
Majzooban Noor news website forms a campaign named ” Dervishes migrate from Iran to Evin”, in which applicants register to demonstrate their protest to put an end to illegal conduct of despotic officials. In a statement issued by Majzooban Noor, it has been mentioned “If those who have access to power and authority infringe […]
Court of Judicial Discipline Acquits Judge Salavati
Following lodging a letter of complaint by imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes against judge Salavati to the Court of Judicial Discipline in 1391 (2012), after several months of a delay in grievance investigation, the court officials found no violations in the case of Judge Salavati and ruled that he is acquitted.According to Majzooban Noor, a writ […]
Omid Behroozi Transferred to Ward 7 from 350; “I’ll Go to Secure other Political Prisoners”
In the direction of dissolution of the ward 350, Omid Behroozi, the lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes, has been transferred to ward 7, a non-political ward. This was ordered by the deputy of Tehran’s prosecutor in an unlawful decision. According to Majzooban Noor, having resisted due to the illegal order of transferring to the non-political […]
Dervishes Online; An Interview with Farhad Nouri of Majzooban Noor
How have Iran’s persecuted religious minorities used technology to organise themselves, express their religious beliefs, and cultivate online faith communities?The Islamic Republic of Iran has been waging an intense and protracted campaign of discrimination and violent persecution against several of the country’s religious minority communities, whilst reducing others to second-class citizenship through inhumane legislation andinstitutionalised discrimination.But these communities are […]
Remembering His Holiness Mahboub Ali Shah on the 18th Anniversary of His Passing
His Holiness, Mr. Mahboub Ali Shah ( Hajj Ali Tabandeh ) the 38th head and master (Qutb) of the Alavieh Razavieh Namatullahieh Sultanalishahi Order of Sufis passed away at the age of 50 on the sixth of Ramadan, 1417, the sixteenth of January, 1997, the twenty-seventh of Day mah, 1375. He was buried beside […]
Iran’s Repressed Religious Minorities Using Internet To Practice Faith
Majzooban.org, a website dedicated to news and information about the Gonabadi dervishes in Iran, has been blocked more than 40 times since its launch in 2007. Iranian authorities have also arrested most of its founders. The website is an example of dozens of sites, social-media networks, and online communities that religious minorities in Iran […]
Continuation of Organized Incitement Against Gonabadi Dervishes by Extremists
The latest report from Dashti county in Isfahan province indicated the continuation of the incitement against the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervishes, by religious extremists.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, during the past two weeks , in Dashti county in Isfahan province, the mullahs who get on the minbar (pulpit) on the pretext of Martyrs’ Memorial have […]
Four Dervishes Sentenced to 28 Years in Exile on Charge of “Enmity with God”
Branch 2 of Shiraz’s Revolutionary Court convicted four jailed Gonabadi Dervishes from Fars province and sentencing them to seven years each into exile on charges of “enmity with God, and corruption on earth”.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, the Shiraz Revolutionary Court issued its verdict against four Gonabadi Dervishes named Mohammad-Ali Dehghan Bouraki, […]