Mostafa Daneshjo Arrested

HRANA News Agency – Mostafa Daneshjo, the attorney representing Nimatullahi Gonabadi Sufi Sect, was arrested on Wednesday evening, May 18, 2011.

 

According to a report by Majzooban Nur, Nimatullahi Gonabadi Order News Site, on Wednesday evening, a large number of security agents raided Mostafa Daneshjo’s office and arrested him.  His whereabouts are unknown at the present time.

 

So far, the reason for Mostafa Daneshjo’s arrest hasn’t be announced, and there has been no news from this defense attorney and social activist.

 

In related news, it has been reported that on Sunday, May 15, 2011, fourteen members of Nimatullahi Gonabadi Sufi Sect were summoned by Gonabad County’s special unit in the prosecutor’s office in order to carry out their flogging sentences.