Tag: convicted

The Special Clerical Court Convicted A Dervish (layman)

  Gonabadi Dervish resident of the city of Golpayegan, Abbas Salehian was sentenced to six months discretionary imprisonment by the Special Courts for the Clergy.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Mr. Abbas Salehian, a Gonabadi Dervish living in the city of Golpayegan despite not being a clergyman, was tried in the Special Clerical Court […]

Human Rights Watch: Sufi Activists Convicted in Unfair Trials

  Human Rights Watch: Iran‘s judiciary should abandon charges and quash the verdicts against 11 members of a Sufi sect convicted in unfair trials and informed of their sentences in July 2013. Those in detention should be freed immediately and unconditionally. The evidence suggests that all 11 were prosecuted and convicted solely because of their peaceful […]