January 28, 2019

Sufi Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment for Painful Pellet Wounds

Prison Official: “We shot to kill you, not to treat you” Two Sufi Muslims imprisoned in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) are being denied medical treatment for infected wounds from pellet ...

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 says he was forced to confess after being tortured while under interrogations, one ...

May 11, 2018

Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in “3 or 4 Days” Despite Innocence Plea

Mohammad Salas, a Sufi bus driver convicted in Iran of running over three policemen in the capital city of Tehran, could be hanged in a “few days” despite arguing that he caused the ...

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 Iran known as Gonabadi Dervishes has ...

May 8, 2012

Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release

Just prior to his release, Kasra Nouri, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish order, was ordered to remain in prison, his mother, Shokoofeh Yadollahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Following the efforts of the lawyer and the family, Kasra was supposed ...