Iranian Television Series Defames the Baha’i Faith [Editor: In the recent weeks since the 22 of Bahman [10 Feb. 2010], marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Iranian Government has stepped…
Anti-Baha’i Propaganda
Iran State Media Blames the "Baha'i Sect" for Recent Unrest
(MNBR) – Yesterday in Iran, articles appeared in two government-run news outlets blaming the Baha’i “sect” for the recent unrest in Iran, and namely the widespread protests that took place across the country on the…
Kasravi and his Polemic
Ahmad Kasravi (1890-1946) was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer. Even though in his early years he was trained in a seminary, he soon found himself involved with the constitutional revolution of 1905-11, and…
Anti-Baha’i Graffiti
The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights reported the following on September 19, 2009: A recent visitor in Ardestan, Isfahan province, took these photographs that show insulting graffiti sprayed on Baha’i houses. These messages were written…
Intellectual and Psychological Attacks against the Baha’is
During recent years, there has been a systematic and organized effort in Iran to publish many polemics and attacks against the Baha’i community of that country. Much of this effort is funded lavishly by the…
Anti-Baha’i Training in Kazerun
Iranian Quran News Agency (IQNA) reports on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Persian: A representative of a religious seminary in the province of Fars states that the first round of critical studies of religions and…
The Confessions of Dolgoruki: Story Writing and Identity Scripting
The Confessions of Dolgoruki was a 1930s political-spy fiction that was taken as history. It was the purported memoirs or political confessions of Dimitriy Ivanovich Dolgorukov (d. 1867), the Russian minister in Iran from 1845…
Two Historical Documents
Editor’s Note: In our continual effort to document the mistreatment of the Baha’is of Iran and the regime’s role in bringing about systematic discrimination against the Baha’is, two official documents by Iranian authorities relating to…
Allegations of Baha'i involvement in BBC
In an attempt to distract the public from Iran’s real issues, anti-Baha’i propaganda is once again flourishing. Baha’is have previously been scapegoated for political conflicts and are a recurring element in Iranian conspiracy theories about…
Iran’s Official Propaganda about the Baha’is
Like all other embassies, the Iranian embassy in Greece also publishes information for the benefit of those wishing to visit Iran or learn about Iran. This document is available at: http://www.iranembassy.gr/eng/files/HumanRightsinIran.pdf. A copy of this…
Anti-Baha’i Section at Tehran Book Fair
The 22nd Tehran International Book Fair is currently underway. This important literary event commenced on May 6 and will continue until May 16. A section of this book fair is devoted to displaying books against…
Two New Disturbing Reports from Egypt
Editor’s Note: Even though Egypt is not within the scope of reporting of this site, Iran Press Watch decided to publish the following updates due to their significance. 1. April 29, 2009: “The Egyptian Parliament…
Coordinated Efforts to Suppress the Baha’is in Northern Iran
The following report was posted in Persian by Iran Press News on Friday, April 24, 2009, and appears below in translation. The original media outlet for this news was Shumal News, which reports on events…
Anti-Bahaism in Iran
by Wahied Wahdat-Hagh In Iran, state-sponsored hate propaganda and conspiracy theories against the Bahai are never-ending. Now, “crypto-Jews” – also called “Anusim” – are said to have been responsible for the spread of the Babi…
Baha’is are Spies for America and Israel!
Editor’s Note: The following report was posted on Rasa News online site and is provided below in translation. For one analysis of the conspiracy myths of imperialist activity by Russians and British, now Americans and…
Baha'is are British Spies!
Editor’s Note: Rasa News Agency continues to share the sentiments of the Iranian clerical establishment towards the Baha’is. In this case, a thoroughly discredited conspiracy theory that the Baha’i Faith was a creation of British…
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