Another 430 Gonabadi Dervishes have been arrested in Tehran, according to the Majzooban-e Noor website. The report indicates that the group was planning to stage a gathering in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office. Gonabadi Dervishes have gathered in Tehran on a number of occasions to protest the treatment of jailed Gonabadi dervishes. This […]
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Radio Zamaneh: Health plummets for jailed dervishes on hunger strike
Two of the jailed Iranian dervishes on hunger strike are reportedly in a state of critical health. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that Kasra Nouri. on the fourteenth day of his hunger strike in Shiraz Nezam Prison, is now experiencing “impaired speech and physical weakness.” The report indicates that this is the third time […]
Another Gonabadi Dervish sent to prison
Abdolghafoor Ghalandarinejad, a Gonabadi dervish, has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court. Majzooban-e Noor reports that Ghalandarinejad was charged with “propaganda against the regime and membership in an anti-regime party with the purpose of disrupting national security.” Ten days ago, another Gonabadi dervish, Ali Karami, was sentenced […]
Troubling New Movement Against Dervishes by Extremists in Khorramshahr; Beatings, Threats, Graffiti
A number of religious extremists brutally beat a Gonabadi Dervish in the city of Khorramshah after making telephone threats and graffiti on Dervishes’s places of worship in order to force him to declare renunciation of Sufism. According to Majzooban Noor, in recent days and by the beginning of the month of Muharram and holdingmourning ceremony […]
Radio Zamaneh: Dervishes linked to website get harsh jail terms
Seven detained Iranian dervishes have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the Islamic Republic judiciary. The Majzooban-e Noor website, the news source for Gonabadi Dervishes, reports that in addition to sentencing them to prison, Judge Salavati has also “banned the dervishes from membership in activist groups and from any form of media activity.” […]