Sina Entesari

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

<coverage-outsourcing id='22581'> 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='22550'> 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='22517'> Trials of Gonabadi Dervishes started in April 2018 in a major way. Most trials were held in the branches 15 and 26 of Tehran’s revolutionary court headed by Judges Salavati and Ahmadzade. In some cases, Dervishes didn’t take part in the trial or questioned the impartiality of the judge. In the coming weeks and months, heavy sentences of imprisonment and exile were issued for many citizens. The IPA has registered the sentences, assuming Article 134 is going to apply them </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='26971'> According to the website Majzoobne Noor, dervish women held in Qarchak were beaten up by prison guards. Based on a statement by Sina Entesari in a voice file published from the Greater Tehran Prison, resistance of dervish women against being sent to different branches of the prison led to the attack by the guard. Sedighe Khalili, mother of an imprisoned dervish woman, Sepideh Khalili, told Majzoobane Noor that a person called Colonel Poorabdoli, deputy head of the prison, has told her: “To hell with whatever happens to dervish women. They shouldn’t have come to prison to be put in this situation” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23290'> Majzooban Noor reported that he refused to appear in court </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='29945'> <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>