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On the night of February 19th, at 18:38 CET, official new sites in Iran with the connection to Sepah release the news that one of the Gonabadi Dervishes has rammed into the riot police killing 3 police officers and injuring plenty more. The driver is identified to be Mohammad Salas, one of the Gonabadi Dervishes participating in previous peaceful protest earlier in the …

RFL/RE – Fresh clashes between Iranian security forces and Gonabadi dervishes follow years of tensions and persecution of dervishes, whose houses of worship have been destroyed and members detained.

Iran-HRM – The Vice President of the Majlis Legal and Judicial Commission said that a 15 year old boy who pulled down the flag bearing the emblem of the Iranian regime during nationwide protests in Malayer was sentenced to five years behind bars.

CHRI – Civil rights activist Parastou Forouhar is awaiting the results of her appeal against a six-year suspended prison sentence issued to her by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran, she told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).

CHRI – Two lawyers representing the family of recently deceased Kavous Seyed-Emami have issued a statement countering the claims made in a short film that was aired on a state-funded TV program in Iran that accused Seyed-Emami of engaging in espionage.