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Hundreds of Dervishes in Tehran have come out to protest again

Hundreds of Gonabadi Dervishes have staged protest in front of the Iranian regime's justice Ministry for the third times to demand the freedom of their fellow Dervishes in prison and on hunger Strike. They formed a human chain in front of  police and plain cloth forces. Some who had come from other cities to Tehran were arrested at Capital's entry ways and Intercity stations. The dervishes are demanding: Lift restrictions against Dervishes or like our brothers in prison, imprison us for being Dervish. The Dervishes demand serious attention to the conditions the 9 lawyers and Sufi-rights activists imprisoned in Evin and Nezam-e Shiraz who are on hunger strike and suffering from and putting an end to the security-oriented approach to Dervishes. In previous protest which lasted 2 days 20th & 21st of Sept. 2014, more than 50 Dervishes were wounded and some 800 were arrested by the Iranian regime's special forces.

Gonabadi dervishes in Iran are Shi’a Muslims.

Iran Nuclear Talks: Difference remain far apart, diplomats say

Western diplomats and officials of the Iranian regime said on Friday that the talks in the recent round of negotiations between the world powers and Iranian regime held in New York made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements.
A Western diplomat told reporters on condition of anonymity: 'On the core issues we remain pretty far apart'. 'On enrichment, we are not there yet. On sanctions, we are not there yet,' he added.
 A senior Iranian official of the Iranian regime had a similarly sober assessment of the talks, the report said.
'Despite hours of talks and meetings, there has not been progress to overcome major differences, not even one inch,' the official said.
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told journalists on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York: “At this time as I speak, there is no significant progress” in talks which opened last Friday.
“We will be quickly meeting again. We regret that there has been no progress,” said Fabius.

Hundreds protest Iranian regime president outside UN complex

According to Associated Press, Sept. 26, hundreds of people gathered Thursday Sept 25th in a plaza outside the United Nations to protest what they said was Iran's continued support of terrorism, its poor record on human rights and its deceptive tactics in nuclear negotiations as the country's president delivered remarks to world leaders. Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle told those gathered amid tight security that tens of thousands of people have been jailed under Iranian President Hassan Rouhani,  and former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the Iranian government should be overthrown.
'That should be the stated policy of the United States,' said Bolton, who was the top U.S. diplomat to the United Nations from 2005-2006 under President George W. Bush.
Hasan Alsawaf, a Rhode Island dentist who emigrated from Syria two decades ago, said at the protest that the Iranian regime was responsible for much of the chaos in the Middle East.' The cycle of horror and terror that started with the Iranian regime to the Syrian regime and ISIS needs to be dismantled,' Alsawaf said, using an alternate name for the Islamic State group.
Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and Robert F. Kennedy's daughter Kerry Kennedy also attended. Wearing yellow ponchos, the protesters chanted, a drum line performed and Iranian pop music played. Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi was scheduled to deliver a speech via satellite, but bad weather disrupted the link-up. Instead, a speaker read her prepared remarks to the crowd.
People chanted the National Council of Resistance head's name several times throughout the protest. Some held cut-out letters spelling her name.

Reporters Without Borders called for holding Rohani accountable during US visit

Reuters reported Sept. 23rd: 'The terrible situation in Iran, described in a UN report, should be raised with President Rouhani during his US visit', Reporters Without Borders proclaimed in a statement. The organization reiterated its condemnation of the reinforcement of censorship under Rouhani and his many broken promises, and urged the international media to press him on these issues.

Iran: public fogging of a man in Bandar-Abbas, ISIS style

The public flogging of a man charged with 'false propaganda' was carried out in the southern Iranian city of Bandar-Abbas on Wednesday Sept. 24th.
The victim received 74 lashes in public. This degrading punishment was publicized well in advance by the regime authorities so more people would attend and watch this ISIS style brutal punishment.

Iraqi women’s rights activist executed by ISIS

An Iraqi female lawyer and women’s rights activist has been executed by ISIS, the head of the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday.
The killing follows the execution of a number of Iraqi women in areas under the group’s control documented by United Nations monitors.
Two candidates contesting Iraq’s general election in Nineveh Province, were killed in July. A third female candidate was abducted by gunmen in eastern Mosul and has not been heard from since.
The latest victim Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, was seized from her home by ISIS last week and tortured for several days before a masked firing squad executed her in public on Monday, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations human rights commissioner, said in a statement.
Ms. Nuaimy had posted comments on her Facebook page condemning the “barbaric” bombing and destroying of mosques and shrines in Mosul, a northern Iraqi city, by the ISIS or ISIL.