Tag: mazandaran

Dervish Cleric Was Questioned in Special Court for Clerics

  Clergy Mr. Mohammad Nouri who is affiliated with the largest Mystical order in Iran, The Nematollahi Sultan Ali Shahi Gonabadi Order was questioned by Mazandaran’s Special Court for Clerics. He was granted bail until the start of his trial.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Gonabadi Dervish, Mr. Nouri was summoned to the Special […]

Record snowfall plagues northern Iranian provinces

  Heavy snowfall has reportedly paralyzed the northern Iranian provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran, knocking out gas, power and water supplies. The Chaloos representative in Parliament reported today, February 3, that 145 townships in western Mazandaran are without water and power, and access to 10 cities has been cut off by snowfall in the region. […]

3 Mazandaran University students held behind bars among dangerous criminals

  RAHANA-Ali Abassi. Maziar Yazdania, and Rahman Yaghoubi are 3 student activists who were arrested during the student protests at Mazandaran University in June 2009 following the disputed presidential elections. They had spent a period of time behind bars in Sari Intelligence Office holding cells and at Babol’s’s Mati Kola Prison.