Iran’s former hard-line President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has reportedly said that the United States is working to arrest the Hidden Imam, who according to Shi’ite belief went into hiding in the 10th century and will reappear to bring justice to Earth. Ahmadinejad made the comments in a speech to a group of clerics marking the […]
Tag: Arrest
From Torture During Arrest to Heart Disease in the 4th year of Imprisonment , Deprivation of Transfer of Reza Entesari to Hospital for the Fourth Time
The following text has been written under the pretext of deprivation of transfer of the jailed rights activist of Gonabadi Dervishes, Reza Entesari to hospital for examination and treatment of his severe heart disease, by Prison officials.Evin prison authorities by misusing of his resistance to wear prison uniform outside the jail which is actually […]
Arrest of Jailed Dervishes’ Families, Women Were Being Severely Beaten
According to Majzooban Noor, the families of jailed Gonabadi Dervishes have been arrested too. Also, During today’s Gonabadi Dervishes protest, the protesting women were attacked and severely beaten with batons by security forces. These women who were with their children, had planned to go in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office in helping Dervishes […]
Iran security forces arrest a 15-year old Sunni boy
A 15-year old boy and a Sunni teacher were arrested by security forces last week in Baneh, Kurdistan province of Iran. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Fazel Choupani, a Sunni teacher at a school in Baneh, and a boy known as Loghman, were arrested on 14 May 2014. […]
Increasing Pressure on Dervishes on the Eve of Dervish’s Day; Arrest and Unlawful Seizure of Property in Ahvaz
Yesterday afternoon, 1 Esfand 1392 (Feb 20, 2014) security forces entered the Ferdowsi printing office that located in the city of Ahvaz and arrested two employees of the publishing office and confiscated 500 copies of the printed calendar, posters and effigies of Sufi grand Masters.It is worth mentioning that, the two men were released […]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest internet activists
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out a new wave of arrests of cyber activists and members of pro-opposition social networking websites. Kaleme, a leading opposition website, reported on Thursday that at least five Iranians who had shared news about the situation of political prisoners on Facebook have recently been held by the security apparatus […]
No information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition
There is no information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition after three days of being under arrest. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Shafi Pour, the former student of Qazvin international university who was arrested on Saturday July 27, has had no telephone contact with her family yet. She […]
Journalist’s Family Puzzled by Her Arrest: She Did Nothing Wrong
Security forces arrested journalist Fariba Pajouh on July 10 in Tehran, though a family member of hers told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the reasons for her arrest are unclear. “When the forces took her, they didn’t say anything. During her telephone calls to her family, she said that she does […]
Iran announces arrest of election saboteurs
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced on Saturday June 1 that it has identified a team of troublemakers on a “mission to sabotage” the 11th presidential elections. The announcement states: “In addition to the identification and arrest of the members of this terrorist cell, their weapons stockpile has been discovered and confiscated.” According to the […]
Radio Zamaneh reports: Latest dervish arrest seems linked to website
Iranian authorities have arrested another Gonabadi dervish, Abdolghafour Ghalandarinejad, in Bandar Abbas. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that security officials arrived at Ghalandarinejad’s home on the morning of Saturday April 20 and, after confiscating his laptop, computer, books and CDs, they put him under arrest. Ghalandarinejad was also arrested last August and transferred to the […]