Imprisoned Dervish Lawyers are still being held in ward 209 of Evin prison for the past three months.Due to the conditions of being in long-term solitary confinement, including prohibition of getting some fresh air and lake of medical treatment their physical health condition have deteriorated.According to Majzooban Noor, seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban […]
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The Families of Imprisoned Dervishes: None of the Iranian Judicial Authorities Are Accountable!
Yesterday morning on 18 Farvardin 1392 (April 7, 2013), the mother of Kasra Nouri, Mrs. Shekoufeh Yadollahi along with Mrs. Masoumeh Khalili, the wife of Saleh Moradi met Mr. Ali Alghasi Mehr, the Shiraz district’s public prosecutor and argued over Dervish hunger strikers and their demands.According to Majzooban Noor, Mrs. Yadollahi and Mrs, Khalili […]
A Report On Situation Of Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes Under Harsh Conditions In Section 209 of Evin Prison
It is now more than 70 days that imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyers have endured inhumane conditions of the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 in Evin prison.According to Majzooban Noor, seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor’s managers (Messrs. Hamid Reza Moradi Sarvestani, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Farshid Yadollahi, Afshin Karampour, Omid Behroozi and Reza Entesari) […]
Inspiring Norooz Message From Imprisoned Rights Attorney Abdolfatah Soltani
Distinguished imprisoned rights attorney Abdolfatah Soltani has sent out a Norooz (Iranian New Year)message from Evin prison which was posted by his daughter Maedeh on her Facebook. Abdolfatah Soltani, a rights lawyer, spokesman and co-founder of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, was arrested on September 10, 2011. Soltani was tried and convicted on […]
Nursing mothers imprisoned: UN report details Iranian persecution of non-Muslims
Iran’s hard-line regime has intensified its violent crackdown on Christians and other religious minorities, even imprisoning nursing mothers for practicing their faith, according to a new UN report. The March report provides a rare, detailed view into the shocking treatment of Christians in Iran, where American Pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year sentence […]
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes Embarked on a Dry Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri has began “dry” hunger strike (refusing water in addition to food) since Thursday morning 1st day of Farvardin 1392 (March 21, 2013), after being on “wet” hunger strike (taking water but not food) for 67 days.According to Majzooban Noor, during a […]
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes Embarked on a Dry Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri has began “dry” hunger strike (refusing water in addition to food) since Thursday morning 1st day of Farvardin 1392 (March 21, 2013), after being on “wet” hunger strike (taking water but not food) for 67 days. According to Majzooban Noor, during […]
Detention of Imprisoned Dervishes’s Families When Celebrated Nowruz in Front of Prison
Nowruz, the Iranian New Year’s Eve Celebration was held in front of prisons by the families of imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran’s Evin and Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison on Wednesday, Esfand 30, 1391 (March 20, 2013).According to Majzooban Noor, jailed Dervishes’s families in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison and imprisoned Dervishes’s families in Tehran’s Evin […]
The Families of Imprisoned Dervishes Threatened With Arrest
The families of seven imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Evin prison, have been trapped for hours inside the prison visiting room.According to Majzooban Noor, today, 18th Esfand 1391 (March 18 2013), in the morning the families of seven Dervish lawyers and Majzooban Noor website’s managers had gone to the prison visiting room to meet with […]
Farhad Nouri Speaks to Raha TV Shabnameh: The Status of Dervishes in Iran
“Crackdown on Dervishes in Iran; the Status of Imprisoned Dervishes” is the discussion topic which was discussed between Ahmad Rafat and Farhad Nouri, the current manager of Majzooban Noor website, in Raha TV | Shabnameh (12th of Esfand/ March 2).