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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 […]

5 Years of Resistance by Dervishes in Isfahan /Holding Dervish Ceremony Under the Heavy Rain

Gonabadi Dervishes in Isfahan are still holding their religious ceremonies on the ruins of their place of worship (Hosseiniyeh) in the cold of winter and under the rain.According to Majzooban Noor, 5 years after the destruction of Gonabadi Dervishes’ house of worship in Takht-e foulad cemetery, Isfahan, their ceremonies are still held there on its […]