Dervishes in Iran continue to face a range of human rights violations, including intimidation, harassment, attacks on their prayer centres, destruction of community cemeteries, arrest and torture. They have been sentenced to long prison terms. Lawyers who defended the Sufis were removed from the judiciary or imprisoned themselves. Journalists who wrote about their complaints […]
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They don’t give up – street protest in solidarity with Iranian dissidents Branderburger Tor Berlin
Two weeks ago, the International Organization to Preserve Human Rights in Iran (IOPHRI) announced that they would carry out further street actions for the freedom of prisoners of conscience in Iran. On Saturday 8 February 2014, they kept their promise. In front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, they shouted slogans for the freedom […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (21-01-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. Ali Asghar-Faani, the Minister of Education, in a letter to the head of the Judiciary requested pardon of a number of teachers who are currently in detention, due to upcoming events in the near future.2. In its annual report for 2013, the international organisation “Open Doors” stated […]
Keeping Dervishes in Undecided Situation at Adel-Abad Prison Without Trial for 9 Months
The trial of four Gonabadi Dervishes held in Ebrat ward of Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison who are in undecided situation has been postponed for a second time.According to Majzooban Noor, Messrs. Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohammad Ali Dehghan who were charged with “the formation of terrorist group against the regime,” […]
Why Iranian Sufis Do Not Believe in Tehran’s ‘New Diplomacy’
The ascension of Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani supposedly represented a “period of hope.” That may be true for Western negotiators hoping to spend more time in Geneva, but not for the Sufis and other religious minorities of Iran, whom the regime in Tehran continues to repress. Sufis, let us first observe, are not the […]
Summons by Phone and Indictment Issued for 2 Gonabadi Dervishes in Bandar Abbas
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, has been indicted by Bandar Abbas’s Intelligence office.According to Majzooban Noor, Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Public Prosecution Court has accused Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “being a member of opposition group”.It should be mentioned that, once, […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (30-12-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. A number of political prisoners of Gohar Dasht in the city of Karaj wrote a statement about the family of Peyman Arefi, a political prisoner who passed away when returning after visiting Peyman Arefi. These political prisoners gave their condolences to Peyman Arefi and his family, […]
Unwilling of the Families of Jailed Dervishes at Adel-Abad Prison to Post Bail
The families of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Messrs. Mohsen Esmaeeli, Seyed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohammad Ali Dehghan refused to pay determined bail due to considering the unlawful detention and trial process.According to Majzooban Noor, while justice administration of Kavar asked their families to post the bail of 250 million toman for their […]
Prosecutor Prevented Political Prisoners in Ward 350 from Education
Nine political prisoners in ward 350 of Evin prison (including four Gonabadi Dervishes) have been banned from participate in university exam under the order of Tehran Prosecutor General.According to HRANA News Agency, Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand, Omid Koukabi, Farshid Yadollahi, Amir Eslami, Omid Behroozi, Afshin Karampour, Mehdi Doulati, Mehdi Fazelifar and Sina Azimi have been […]
Pressure on Dervishes to Close Their House of Worship in the City of Nayriz
Recently, threats and pressures on Gonabadi Dervishes and violations of their rights has intensified by Basij militia and extremist religious groups with the aim of closing mystic religious ceremonies of the Dervishes in the city of Nayriz, situated in Fars province, Iran.According to Majzooban Noor, over recent days new efforts by extremist religious groups […]