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Iran: Gonabadi Dervishes sentenced to heavy punishments

NCRI – The Iranian regime’s judiciary has issued sentences for 7 Gonabadi Dervishes including managers of ‘Majzouban Nour’ website, lawyers and defenders of the Dervishes rights. The Dervishes are sentenced to a sum of 56 years imprisonment with physical punishment.

Based on this decree, Hamid Reza Moradi, manager of the website and defender of the Dervishes rights, is sentenced to 10 years and six months imprisonment with physical punishment, Reza Entesari, news photographer, defender and a manager of the website is sentenced to 8 years and six months imprisonment with physical punishment and Messer Mostafa Daneshjou, lawyer and defender, Farshid Yadollahi, attorney and website manager, Amir Islami, attorney and website manager, Omid Behrouzi, lawyer and website manager and Afshin Karampour, jurist and website manager, were sentenced to 7 years and six months imprisonment with physical punishment.

The imprisoned Dervishes are accused of establishing illegal groups to disrupt the national security, propaganda against the government, insulting the Supreme Leader and causing disorder in the society.

These sentences were issued while all these conscience prisoners refused to participate in their court hearing due to the officials’ negligence to observe the laws of the trial and avoided offering any defensive bills.