Mojtaba Biranvand

Mojtaba Biranvand

He was arrested during the clashes between security forces and Gonabadi dervishes at 7th Golestan Street

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23015'> After the arrest of Nematollah Riahi, a group of Gonabadi dervishes gathered in protest of his arrest in front of the police station 102 at Pasdaran street in Tehran and demanded his release. After a clash between the security forces and the Gonabadi dervishes, the area of unrest increased, and once again the Golestan 7th street turned into a battleground between Gonabadi dervishes and security guards. On this day and in the following days, a large number of dervishes were arrested. It is estimated that the number of arrestees is between 300 and 500 people </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23016'> 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='23017'> Majzooban Noor reported that he is still incarcerated and refused to appear in the court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='23773'> After the prison guard attacked Dervishes and the transfer of a number of prisoners to solitary confinement and other wards, he and a group of other prisoners went a hunger strike. They were forbidden to have visits for a while. </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='30052'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/43178.htm'> 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>