Behnam Mahjoubi

In 2018, during a clash between security authorities and Gonabadi dervishes in 7th Golestan avenue of Tehran’s Pasdaran neighborhood, Behnam Mahjoubi was arrested. Throughout his time in prison, he repeatedly published open letters and staged hunger strikes to protest against lack of medical care, mistreatment by Evin clinic’s staff, forced transfer to Aminabad psychological hospital and harassment there. In February 2021, he died in prison. Many activists believe that a mistake by prison doctors led to his death but the Prisons’ Organization has claimed that Mr Mahjoubi’s death was due to “arbitrary taking of medicine by himself.” <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='31199'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2018/hranews/a-14274/'> 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. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31200'> Amnesty International has issued a statement announcing that eight of the arrested Gonabadi Dervishes went on hunger strike in protest of "torture and other cruel and inhuman treatments" at Tehran Shapour Criminal Investigation police detention center. The prison is known for torture of detainees for confessions. The names of these prisoners are Javad Khamisabadi, Kianoush Abbaszadeh, Ahmad Mousavi, Nourali Mousavi, Mehdi Eskandari, Amir Labaf, Mir sadegh and Abbas Dehghan. It is reported that Abbas Dehghan has been threatened that his wife would be raped in front of him if he does not confess. Amnesty International says the prisoner dervishes are deprived of having attorney and the families of some of them are unaware of their whereabouts. The organization also issued a statement announcing that 11 dervish women are detained at the Rey Gharchak prison in undesirable and inhumane conditions and expressed concern about their situation and called for their immediate release. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31201'> 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='31202'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%86/'> He was released on bail. No information is available on the exact time of his release. Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced him to two years in prison on the charge of "gathering and collusion to act against the national security" later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31203'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25227/'> He was summoned to serve his sentence. According to Hrana, He is under the care of a psychiatrist, and forensic medicine has determined that he shouldn't be taken to prison </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31949'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-25262/'> He was arrested to serve his sentence and sent to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31953'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26044/'> Four political and conscious prisoners named Jafar Azimzadeh, Behnam Mahjoubi, Amir Hossein Mirkhalili, and Behnam Moosivand, were physically attacked by public crimes prisoners in August. Jafar Azimzadeh was transferred to Ward 4 after the incident. The political prisoners protest in Ward 8 and demanded the implementation of the separation law based on accusations for prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34946'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/civil-rights/iran-human-rights-behnam-mahbobi'> A Gonabadi dervish told Voice of America that the prison authorities, who never provided Behnam Mahjoubi with the special medicine he needed, now don’t even give him the medicine provided by the family. According to this dervish, Mahjoubi has been “forced” to use 17 other brands of medicine prescribed by the prison clinic. In his phone calls, Mr Mahjoubi is adamant that these brands are not good for him and they lead to the left side of his body being without sensation, the Gonabadi dervish added. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34874'> <reference source='https://www.mizan.news/?p=703879'> In a statement, Tehran Province’s Prisons’ Organization claimed that “Behnam Mahjoubi’s poisoning and death was due to arbitrary taking of medicine by himself but the final opinion will be issued by the forensics officials.” </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34875'> <reference source='https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1036244/%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF'> Behnam Mahjoubi was buried in Kerman’s Cemetery. According to some domestic media outlets, his body had gone through an autopsy prior to burial. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>