A group of Gonabadi Dervishes along with the family of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, celebrated Norouz, the Persian New Year 1393 in front of Bandar Abbas central prison.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, on Tuesday evening, 29 Esfand 92 ( Mar 20) the family of jailed Dervish, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad along […]
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Al-Monitor: Hunger strike by Dervishes in Iran provokes protests
Two hundred dervishes were arrested and then released for protesting against the continued imprisonment of dervishes who are on hunger strike in Iran. Despite a more moderate government taking power in Iran, street protests organized by the opposition are still a dangerous line to tread. Still, in spite of this, the Gonoabadi dervishes — […]
Transfer of Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad to Political-Security Section
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was transferred to section 12 known as Ershad ward after spending one week in the quarantine section and addicts’ ward of Bandar Abbas’s Central Prison.According to reports by Majzooban Noor, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad who appeared in his charges hearing on […]
Protesting Dervishes Beaten and Detained
Security agents and police verbally and physically assaulted Gonabadi dervishes before arresting them for their protest gathering outside the Judiciary in Tehran, a protesting dervish told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sadigheh Khalili, who is having difficulty walking after being kicked many times during the protest, said about 300 male and […]
Iran denies medical care to political prisoners
The International Federation for Human Rights on Thursday raised the alarm over what it termed the deliberate denial of medical care to sick political prisoners in Iran. “Iranian authorities deny prisoners access to medical care on purpose,” Karim Lahidji, president of the Paris-based FIDH, said in a statement. “They punish prisoners of conscience twice: […]
Transfer of Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou to Tehran Heart Center
Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou, imprisoned Dervish lawyers in ward 350 of Evin prison were transferred from the Shohada-e Tajrish hospital to Tehran Heart Center yesterday, on 27th of Bahman 1392 ( Feb 16, 2014). According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Gonabadi Dervishes, Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou were transferred to Tehran Heart […]
Continuation of Unlawful Interference; Preventing the Transfer of Jailed Dervish, Omid Behroozi to Medical Centers
The acts of unlawful interference with the treatment of political ‘prisoners of conscience’ by judge Salavati (Head Judge of Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 15) under order from Security institutions continue.Recently, Judge Salavati prevented jailed Gonabadi Dervish, lawyer and administrator of Majzooban Noor website, Omid Behroozi from being sent to a specialized hospital.According to Majzooban […]
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad summoned to Bandar Abbas’s Revolutionary Court
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was summoned by Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Bandar Abbas for questioning over his case.According to Majzooban Noor, after the indictment was issued against Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, a new trial date was set down for […]
Kasra Nouri’s Condition Worsens; Who Is Responsible for these Irreparable Injuries?
Physical condition of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish and a fellow of Majzooban Noor website, Kasra Nouri who has suffered from severe back pain since several months ago, due to authorities’ neglect reported dire.According to Majzooban’s reporter, regarding Adel-Abad prison infirmary’s diagnosis, he is now suffering from spinal disc, sciatic nerve pain and respiratory disease so […]
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 […]