The following is a monthly report summarizing the human rights status in Iran in October / November (Solar calendar, month of Aban), 2014. This report has been prepared by the office of Statistics and Publications of the Human Rights Activists Association of Iran. Considering the ongoing suppression and ban on independent human rights activist […]
Tag: Gonabadi Dervish
Saleh Moradi Was Summoned to Court for Lashing Sentence and Two Years in Exile
Gonabadi Dervish rights activists, Salehedin Moradi was summoned by Kavar’s General Court to serve two years in exile and 30 lashes.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Moradi has been sentenced in Kavar’s General Court on charges of “inciting public opinion” and “disturbing the public order”.In addition to his case in Kavar’s General Court, he still […]
By Interference of Security Institutions, a Gonabadi Dervish Was Dismissed from his Job
A Gonabadi Dervish, from Fars province was expelled from Kavar’s Pasargad iron foundry.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Salim Pourfarjam, a resident of Kavar county in Fars province who has worked for years at the Kavar’s Pasargad iron foundry, after receiving repeatedly summons from security agencies for interrogation, was fired and removed from work by […]
Family of Mostafa Daneshjou: “Judicial Authorities are Accountable for Physical Consequences”
Mostafa Danshjou a lawyer of Gonabai Dervishes, who has been suffering from serious complications from a lung infection, that whose family has been striving a lot to warn the officials about his condition, two days ago, at the morning, was sent to the hospital but then has been returned with no medical attention.Based on […]
Doctors Express Concern about Mostafa Daneshjou’s Lung Infection
Despite prison doctors infirmary’s concerns over the deteriorating health conditions of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Mostafa Daneshjou, he has been deprived of medical treatment.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned lawyer and Dervish rights activist Mostafa Daneshjou who is suffering from severe respiratory disease and asthma, since last night, has suffered from severe coughs and so […]
A report about the political prisoners at ward 8 of Evin prison
At the moment 800 prisoners are being kept is Evin Prison’s Ward 8 which has the capacity to hold 500 prisoners. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), there are 800 prisoners held in Ward 8 of Evin prison which has four halls (Halls number 7, 8, 9 , and […]
Gonabadi Dervish Beaten, Interrogated in Ilam
Yesterday morning, two planclothes without legal warrant and by force detained, interrogated and beat Mr. Reza Ferdous Moghadam, Gonabadi Dervish living in Darreh Shahr County in Ilam Province, for around an hour.According to Majzooban Noor, yesterday morning, on 6th Aban ( October 28, 2014) two undercover agents went to Dervishes’ places of worship in the […]
Transfer of a Prisoner to Evin’s “Methadone Ward” for His Participation to Dervish Ceremony
According to Majzooban Noor, Javad Momeni, Deputy Warden of Evin prison sent a Gonabadi Dervish named Abbas Ahounbar who is being held in the financial section 8 of Evin prison, to another ward where drug addicts are kept, because of joining Gonabadi Dervish ceremonies. But after a few hours when mentioned Dervish declared dry […]
Two Teachers Were Banned from Teaching Due to Being Dervish
Two teachers of the literature and electricity strands residents of Damghan, were banned from teaching by Semnan province’s department of education due to being Dervish.Semnan’s Deputy Education has said that this order has been issued by the Harasat of the department of education (The Harasat is a unit in each Iranian organization that acts […]
Dousing Acid in Isfahan and Tracing its Origins in Tehran: A brief look at plain-clothes agents’ dousing acid on Dr. Saberi’s car
Not long after hearing about plain-clothes agents’ dousing acid on the car of Dr. Saberi, a Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi and university lecturer, on 13, Mehr (October, 5, 2014), did the issue of dousing acid on women in Isfahan hit the headlines. The day after two motor cyclists pursued Dr. Saberi and doused acid on […]