“We do not jail people for their opinions,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with U.S. journalist and television personality Charlie Rose aired on April 27. Zarif made the comments in response to a question about the fate of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who’s been imprisoned in Iran on […]
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Iran Teaching Head Sent To Jail
The secretary-general of Iran’s Teachers’ Organization was arrested on April 20 and transferred to Tehran’s Evin prison to serve a five-year sentence, Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency reported. Alireza Hashemi was sentenced to prison in 2010 for “pursuing union demands” and “meeting with relatives of jailed teachers,” his deputy, Tahereh Naghiyi, told ILNA. Naghiyi […]
Mostafa Daneshjou Sends Back to Jail without Medical Discharge
Mostafa Daneshjou, the jailed Dervish, lawyer and human rights activist of Gonabadi Dervishes, with the order of prosecutor has been returned to prison, despite poor health and without medical discharge by the respective doctors.According to a report by Majzooban Noor website, Mostafa Daneshjou, the imprisoned dervish and human rights activist of Gonabadi Dervishes, based […]
Gonabadi Dervish Released from Jail after Completing His Sentence
Gonabadi Dervish and a resident of the southern Iranian city of Bandar-Abbas, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, was released after completing his sentence.According to Majzooban Noor, Dervish rights activist and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad who had been previously sentenced to two years in prison by the Bandar-Abbas Revolutionary Court, was released […]
Saleh Moradi Released After 22 Months in Jail
Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi was released from Shiraz’s AdelAbad Prison a few hours ago (12 Khordad 1392/ June 2, 2013).Dervish right activist, Saleheddin Moradi Sarvestani, was arrested by security forces without any judicial and legal warrants at his home in the city of Shiraz on Shahrivar 16, 1390 (September 07, 2011) and transferred to […]
Imprisoned Dervish Made a Phone Call from Jail after 10 Days of Unawareness
Yesterday on 21 Ordibehesht (May 11), Mohammad Ali Dehghan, Gonabadi Dervish and resident of Kavar town, made contact with his family after ten days of awareness. According to Majzooban Noor, Mohammad Ali Dehghan who was arrested along with two other Gonabadi Dervishes, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi and Mohsen Esmaeeli by security agents and Plain-clothes at […]
Sky-high bail keeps rights lawyer in jail
Jailed human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been practically prevented from getting a furlough after the judiciary set his bail at 12 billion rials.
Spontaneous Movement of Gonabadi Dervishes: If Imprisoned Dervishes May not Be Released, Other Dervishes Would Go to Jail
Gonabadi Dervishes call attention to imprisoned Dervishes and in order to show solidarity with them, have stated that if their demands are not considered, then they would be willing to go to prison to support jailed Dervish lawyers.
Iran’s Evin prison: Jail or ‘hotel’?
On Monday, a group of Iranian MPs who visited the notorious Evin prison described Iran’s biggest jail for political prisoners as a “hotel”!
Gonabadi Dervish Summoned to Serve Out Jail Term
Gonabadi dervish, Nosrat Tabasi resident of Tehran summoned to serve out his jail sentence.