Majid Moradi, a Gonabadi Dervish from Abdanan in Ilam province, 37, father of a four years old, and arrested during clashes in Golestan 7th St. in Tehran was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and receiving 75 cable strokes. The decree was issued by branch 26 of Tehran Revolution Court on charges of “acting against the national security through membership in anti-security sect of Dervishes”, Gathering and Collusion against national security”, “defying the orders of (security) agents” and “disrupting the public peace and order.”
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