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Tag : Sufi

February 16, 2021

Critically Ill Political Prisoner Should be Freed, Receive Life-Saving Medical Care

Iran Must End Systematic Denial of Healthcare in Prisons February 16, 2021 – Prisoner of conscience Behnam Mahjoubi could die if he is not ...

April 22, 2019

Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison

Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out the attack, ...

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 ...

April 8, 2019

Iran: Free Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes

Dozens of Sufi Gonabadi dervishes, a persecuted religious minority in Iran, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms since mass protests in February 2018 turned violent, resulting in the deaths of five members of Iran's armed forces and one Sufi protester. Many dervishes are in ...

March 15, 2019

Iran Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Prison Sentences, Lashings Against 23 Dervishes

Sentences Range from Six to 26 Years Including Lashes March 15, 2019 – The mass conviction of 23 dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order ...

February 15, 2019

Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards

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July 3, 2018

Four Female Sufis Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment Each Under National Security Charge

Shima Entesari with her family Political Personalities Urge Authorities to Free ...

June 20, 2018

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process

Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary should immediately ...

June 18, 2018

Sufi Prisoner Mohammad Salas Buried After Sudden Execution Without Family’s Permission

Lawyer: Burial Attended by “200 Anti-Riot Agents” Iranian authorities buried the body of Mohammad Salas after he was executed on June 18, ...

May 17, 2018

Sufi Bus Driver Sentenced to Death in Iran Says He Confessed to Killing Policemen While Under Torture

A Sufi bus driver who was sentenced to death in Iran for running over three policeman ...

April 11, 2018

Iranian State Hackers Launched Attacks on Same Day Supreme Leader Issued Fatwa Forbidding Privacy Violations

On the same day that Iran’s supreme leader issued a religious ruling ordering the ...

March 13, 2018

Family of Man Who Died in Detention to Sue Judicial Authorities For Burying Him Without Permission

The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for burying him without their permission ...

March 6, 2018

Four Deaths in State Custody in Iran in Two Months Heighten Grave Concerns for Detainees

Gonabadi Dervish Detainee Died From “Blows to the Head,” Says Daughter March 6, 2018—The recent death of a devotee of Iran’s largest Sufi order in ...

February 10, 2018

Follower of Sufi Order Expelled From Iranian University After Refusing to Sign Pledge

Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish Sufi order, was expelled from Tehran’s Tarbiat Modares University on February ...

October 5, 2017

Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison

The sentences of a lifetime in exile issued against Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan and Hamid Arayesh of the Sufi order in ...

July 22, 2017

Iranian State Censorship Body Blocks Websites Belonging to Persecuted Sufi Gonabadi Order

State authorities in Iran have blocked access to websites belonging to the Sufi Gonabadi Order to ...

December 16, 2016

Five Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested in Iran Amid Ongoing Persecution Campaign

Five dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order were arrested in the southern Iranian city of Dezful on December 13, 2016 after obeying a summons to appear ...

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