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Tag : Mohammad Ali Taheri

April 17, 2019

Shiite Mystic Released from Prison in Iran After Serving Nine Years, Case Status Unclear

Editor's Note: On April 24, 2019, Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told reporters that all outstanding sentences in Mr. Taheri's case have been rescinded according to Article 134 of Iran's Islamic Penal Code. Ejei added, without ...

August 23, 2018

Imprisoned Iranian Mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri Expects to Be Freed “This Week”

Shiite mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, expects to be freed on parole “soon,” according to his lawyer ...

March 8, 2018

Shiite Mystic Sentenced to Another Five Years Imprisonment in Iran

Death Sentence Struck Down Twice by Supreme Court Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of a mystical Shiite spiritual group in Iran, has been sentenced to five years in prison for a second time, this ...

December 14, 2017

Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List

Judge Salavati Often Assigned to Issue Harsh Sentences in Political Cases The judge who will re-sentence imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri for the charge of “corruption on earth” has demanded that Taheri ...

August 28, 2017

Taheri’s Death Sentence Will Not Stand, Says Hopeful Lawyer

The lawyer for imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri  is optimistic that the latest death sentence against his client will again be turned down upon appeal. The verdict, ...

August 11, 2017

Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers

Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) while he awaits a verdict more than three weeks after ...

July 13, 2017

Staged Visit by Foreign Ambassadors to Iran’s Evin Prison Condemned by Rights Activists

A member of the German embassy enters Evin Prison on a red carpet. Abusive Conditions and Political Prisoners Hidden ...

March 7, 2017

Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Facing the Death Penalty Again for His Personal Beliefs

Imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri has again been tried for the charge of “corruption on earth” despite being cleared of the same charge in 2015, his sister Azardokht Taheri told the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

January 13, 2017

Supporter of Persecuted Spiritual Leader Arrested at Tehran International Airport

Masoumeh (Pegah) Zia, a follower of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri, was arrested on January 6, 2017 at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport by ...

November 25, 2016

Missing Spiritual Leader’s Supporters Beaten by Plainclothes Intelligence Agents at Iran’s Parliament

Approximately 50 followers of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri—who has been missing for more than a month—were beaten by plainclothes members of Iran’s intelligence forces and then arrested by the ...

November 18, 2016

Location of Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Unknown a Month After He Allegedly Fell Into a Coma

The family of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri has not been informed of his location since October 18, 2016, when he was allegedly hospitalized after falling into a ...

September 1, 2016

Iran’s Security Establishment is Targeting the Students of an Imprisoned Spiritual Leader

Vahid Pourtahmasb is the fifth student of Mohammad Ali Taheri to have been arrested since 2015. Another student of imprisoned spiritual group leader Mohammad Ali Taheri has been arrested, this time ...

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