Iran: vicious attack on Dervishes by state agents

State agents and police attacked the neighborhood of Dervishes in Shahriar city, a suburb of Tehran on Thursday, June 11, 2015 to bring down the newly built senior citizens’ nursing home belonging to the Dervish community. 
A demolition team started to throw out senior citizens’ luggage and belongings, attacking anyone who objected this brutal and inhumane measure. They broke windows as they faced stiff resistance from the tenants. 
The governorate in Shahriar had previously sent demolition teams to this area harassing and threatening the Dervish community, and taking picturing and filming the area.
This was the second building belonging to the Dervishes that was being destroyed by the City Hall. These agents always attack such neighborhoods under the cover of renovation.  
Last month, another Dervish center in Tehran was raided and finally closed down. There is talk about holding a rally in Tehran to protest such barbaric actions which will draw hundreds of Dervishes from around the capital and other cities in days to come.