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Iran’s Dervish community under new wave of suppression

Iran's Dervish community under new wave of suppressionNCRI – The Iranian regime has intensified crackdown on members of the Iranian Dervish community, according to state-run media.

The State Security Forces (SSF) fatally attacked Asghar Beik Mohammadi, one of the Nematollahi Dervish group in Hashtgerd, west of Tehran last Saturday.

On Friday, the suppressive State security Forces raided a center belonging to this group in Khorram Abad, west of Iran and arrested a number of them.

In Dorood, Western Iran, the SSF raided a house belonging to Masoud Vahdat, another member of the Nematollahi dervishes and looted his house while a religious ritual was taking place.