Why is Iran persecuting followers of the Gonabadi Sufi order? 2/5/2018 8:28:05 PM Iranian security forces clashed with followers of the Gonabadi Sufi order in Tehran on Sunday. Al Arabiya, 5 February 2018  - Iranian security forces besieged on Sunday the house of Noor Ali Tabandeh, one of the most prominent leaders of Shiite Sufism in the Iranian capital Tehran. Forces clashed with his supporters who gathered around the house to defend their leader. Soon after, pictures and videos of the incident fired up social media sites. In fact, in the span of one week, the security forces cordoned off the house of Tabandeh twice, who has been dubbed as Hazrat al-Hajj Dr. Noorali Tabandeh Majzoub Ali Shah. According to Majzooban Noor website, which publishes news and features about the Sufism, the purpose of encircling the House of the Shiite Sufi leader is to set up a control checkpoint near his house, especially since last Wednesday security forces attempted to...