Reza Entesari

Reza Entesari

Journalist, photographer, and a member of the Ganabadi Dervishes group. He was also one of the administrators of the Majzooban Noor website

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23627'> He was arrested in Kish and released shortly afterwards </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2159'> He was arrested by security forces. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2160'> As a method of protest against the Revolutionary Court’s qualifications in trying him and the "illegal methods" utilized in his arrest, he refused to be present in court to defend himself. Despite this, Judge Salavati sentenced him to 8.5 years imprisonment in addition to five years ban on activity in the media, political parties, and online activities. This sentence was not appealed and therefore was confirmed. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='2163'> He was exiled to Rajaee Shahr Prison along with Saeed Madani and Farshid Yadollahi. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='16501'> Prison guards, under the designation of “special inspection”, attacked ward 8. Reza Entesari, the imprisoned dervish, was sent to the hospital as a result of the attack. In the summer of 2015, on several occasions ward 8 and other wards were attacked </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='22365'> Some reports were published about his and other Dervishes transffer to Police lock-up and then ward 209 in Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='22364'> Hundreds of dervishes were arrested around this date </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='22362'> Some reports were published about his and other Dervishes transffer to Police lock-up and then ward 209 in Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='22363'> An informed source told Atlas that at least 300 of the dervishes are still in detention. He emphasized that almost none of them have access to lawyers, and security officers are attributing the charge of "using violence" to those who only participated in the protests, filing group cases against them </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23292'> Majzooban Noor reported that he refused to appear in court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='29944'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24241/'> After the Coronavirus outbreak, Ali Khamenei ordered a large number of prisoner's freedom by issuing a directive. This directive (with several clauses ) has been mentioned to the political prisoners too. The political prisoners who have been sentenced under five years in prison will be released from prison by security agencies' approval. He was released from prison based on this directive </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>