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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
October 22, 2016
Authorities Conceal Location of Imprisoned Hunger-Striking Spiritual Thinker After He Slips Into a Coma
After three weeks on hunger strike, imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri went into a coma and underwent emergency ...
July 8, 2016
Guilt by Association: Peaceful Demonstrators Slapped with Suspended Lashing and Prison Sentences
Some of the accused were falsely declared followers of an imprisoned spiritual leader. Fourteen people have been handed suspended prison and flogging sentences for allegedly ...
December 24, 2015
Death Sentence Against Spiritual Center Founder Rejected
Family Hopes for Taheri’s Release at End of Prison Term in 2016 With the lifting of the death sentence against spiritual leader ...
September 11, 2015
Imprisoned Leader of Spiritual Group on Hunger Strike
Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual group Mohammad Ali ...
July 20, 2015
Member of Spiritual Group Sentenced to Prison and Lashes
Masoumeh Zia, a member of the Erfan-e Halgheh spiritual group, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has been sentenced to a year in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order” and taking part in a gathering ...