This afternoon a members of The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights In Iran (IOPHRI) gathered at Trafalgar Square, London, to protest the Iranian governments treatment of Sufis, and demanded the freedom of the imprisoned Sufis. This is protest was in support of last weekend’s demonstration in Tehran, Iran by hundreds of Sufis who gathered […]
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Creating a high security atmosphere around Valiasr Street and Square
Failure of the server of Majzooban Noor website due to severe cyber-attacks, the arrest of Dervishes at the exit of cities before the rally, creation of a high security atmosphere around Valiasr Square and Ministry of Justice, and Dervishes’ collective prayers’ turning into a protest are the most important events related to Gonabadi Dervishes’ […]
Human Rights Activists Committee’s announcement Suppressing Dervishes is a flagrant violation of international obligations by the Iranian government.
The Human Rights Activists Committee in Iran announced today that the recent wave of attack on Dervishes in Iran is a clear indication of the Iranian government’s intolerance towards religious minorities in that country. This committee believes that these premeditated attacks are contradictory to Islamic Republic of Iran’s commitment to the Human Rights Committee […]
Omid Behroozi Was Taken to the Central Infirmary at Evin Prison on 27th Day of Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer in Evin prison, Omid Behroozi due to a sudden drop in blood pressure and seizures, was initially treated in the infirmary of ward 7 then transferred to the central infirmary at Evin.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, his cellmates have reportedly said that, initially Mr Behroozi was transferred to the ward […]
Amir Eslami Temporary Lost Consciousness ; Dervishes on 27th Day of Hunger Strike and Absolute Disregard by Officials
Amir Eslami, imprisoned lawyer of Gonabadi Dervishes, briefly lost consciousness twice in Evin Prison Friday 4th of Mehr ( September 26), after 27 days on a hunger strike.According to Majzooban Noor, while the nine Gonabadi Sufi Dervishes imprisoned in Evin and Nezam-e Shiraz are suffering from serious health conditions, there is no action has been […]
France 24: Police crack down on Tehran Sufi protest
Hundreds of Iranian Sufis protested in front of Tehran’s public prosecutors’ office this weekend, demanding to be jailed alongside their friends in prison, who they say are being treated terribly. Security forces violently cracked down on the protesters, arresting dozens. Over the past decade, Iran’s Sufis have become increasingly marginalized, with the authorities closing […]
Rasool Hoveyda’s letter to Doctors without Borders
Rasoul Hoveida, the non-political prisoner who had been released after joining the Sufi prisoners’ hunger strike, wrote a letter to Doctors without Borders warning against the Dervishes’ health conditions and a letter to the Dervishes themselves asking them to stop the hunger strike.As reported by Majzooban Noor, in his letter to the nine Sufi […]
Mostafa Daneshjoo’s letter to his daughter, Fatemeh, who commences elementary school this year.
“Your father’s goal is to prevent the innocent from being imprisoned.” Mostafa Daneshjoo wrote a letter to his daughter who has been deprived of his loving company over the previous 4 years. The letter is as follows: In the Name of GodFatemeh, my dear daughterIn our visits, I would witness you crying and asking me […]
The Families of Jailed Dervishes Visit Wounded in the Attack by Security Forces on Gonabadi Dervishes
Following the bloody attack by security forces on Gonabadi Dervishes in the last days of Shahrivar/September who were planning to gather with closed eyes and hands in front of the prosecutor’s office, the families of nine jailed Dervishes have paid visit to the casualties of this attack and comforted them.According to Majzooban Noor, hundreds […]
” Lift the hunger strike, swear on our ulcer ” A letter by the members of the campaign of “migration of Dervishes” to the nine jailed Dervishes
The members of campaign of migration of Dervishes by releasing a letter to the nine imprisoned Dervishes in Evin and Nezam prisons, asked them to end their hunger strike.The members of this campaign who were brutally beaten by the security and plainclothes forces due to their protest against inflicted oppressions on Dervishes, by releasing […]