2018 Dervish protests

<p>The 2018 Dervish protests were a series of protests against the Iranian government by the <a href="/facts/Ni%2527matull%25C4%2581h%25C4%25AB/7E36GsYS">Ni'matullāhī</a> (or Gonabandi) <a href="/facts/Tariqa/YgesnhbA">Sufi Order</a>, occurring between February and March 2018 in Tehran. These protests led to clashes between security forces and the dervishes, resulting in the bloody repression of protestors. Tensions between Police, the <a href="/facts/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps/6EMxlKlm">IRGC</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Basij/gdbpAnJf">Basij</a> with a number of Gonabadi Dervishes eventually led to the deaths of six people, the execution of Dervishes, and the arrest of hundreds of wounded Dervishes on March.
</p><p><a href="/facts/The_United_States/P0sCdLe5">The United States</a> called the repression of the Dervishes the largest repression of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic, while the Ministry of Interior of Iran called the protests a plot to expand its scope to the national level by creating regional unrest.
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2018 Dervish protests