page_title: Noor-Ali Tabandeh
hierarchical_section_title: Noor-Ali Tabandeh
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh October 2015
context_page_description: Noor Ali Tabandeh also known by the title Majzoub Ali Shah, was the spiritual leader or Qutb of the Ni'matullahi Gonabadi Order in Iran, which is the largest Sufi order in Iran. He was born in Beydokht, Gonabad, Iran and died in Mehr Hospital in Tehran on 24th December 2019 after two years of house arrest, mental and physical torture and gradually being poisoned by the Iranian regime.
  During his time within the Ministry of Justice and working as an attorney, Tabandeh made considerable efforts to support the human and social rights of Iranians, for which he was imprisoned and suffered numerous persecutions. Since the 2018 crackdown of the regime on followers of the Gonabadi order, he was held under house arrest by the authorities.
context_section_description: Noor Ali Tabandeh (Persian: نورعلی تابنده‎, 13 October 1927 – 24 December 2019) also known by the title Majzoub Ali Shah, was the spiritual leader or Qutb of the Ni'matullahi (Sultan Ali Shahi) Gonabadi Order in Iran, which is the largest Sufi order in Iran. He was born in Beydokht, Gonabad, Iran and died in Mehr Hospital in Tehran on 24th December 2019 after two years of house arrest, mental and physical torture and gradually being poisoned by the Iranian regime. 
  During his time within the Ministry of Justice and working as an attorney, Tabandeh made considerable efforts to support the human and social rights of Iranians, for which he was imprisoned and suffered numerous persecutions. Since the 2018 crackdown of the regime on followers of the Gonabadi order, he was held under house arrest by the authorities.
caption: Tabandeh in October 2015
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