Browsing Category
Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities
45 years behind bars and 222 lashes for the Dervishes
Sentences for nine suspected dervishes in the 3rd brigade of the Great Tehran Penitentiary has been issued by the…
19-year-old talks on the behavior of interrogators in prison
Fatemeh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old who has just become a Christian Nun, was arrested in October 2017 and was…
Gonabadi Dervish women beaten in Qarchak Prison, Varamin
After four months of extensive human rights violations of the detainee dervish women and the lack of supervision of…
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish women go on hunger strike
Female Dervish prisoners went on hunger strike following an onslaught and organized violence that was done by the…
Gonabadi Dervish Women beaten in Qarchak Prison
Gonabadi Dervish women imprisoned in Qarchak Prison of Varamin were severely beaten on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, by…
Arab citizens arrested in Khuzestan on the eve of Eid al-Fitr
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, a number of Arab residents in Kouye Alavi and Molashisheh, Ahwaz were arrested by the…
Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places
Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places
Kurdish people are banned from wearing their…
Seven members of Iran Gonabadi Sufi minority on hunger strike
Seven members of Iran's Gonabadi Sufi minority, held at the Great Tehran Penitentiary are on hunger strike,…
Iran: Imprisoned Dervish woman pressured in hospital bed
Dr. Nazila Nouri, a member of Gonabadi Dervish community who has been recently hospitalized in Tehran, is under…
Youcef Nadarkhani and three converts sentenced to harsh prison terms
An appeal court has upheld a total of 40 years behind bars for four Christians for “promoting Zionist Christianity”…