Four Neimatollahi Dervishes were sentenced to prison terms and flogging by the first branch of the Sarvestan Public Court in Fars Province.
According to reports, 11 months after a strike by Neimatollahi Dervishes outside of the Sarvestan Governor’s Office, four Dervishes identified as Farzad Darvish Sarvestani, Mohammad-Ali Sadi, Mohammad-Jalal Nikbakht Sarvestani and Hojjatollah Saiedi were sentenced to six months of prison and 40 lashes on charges of ‘disrupting public order’. (Jaras Website – Jul. 14, 2011)
