Mrs. Kamalabadi is one of the seven former Baha’i leaders who continues to languish in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on false and fabricated charges. She was arrested in May 2008. Several items of interest related&hellip

Mrs. Kamalabadi is one of the seven former Baha’i leaders who continues to languish in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on false and fabricated charges. She was arrested in May 2008. Several items of interest related&hellip
The regime in Tehran is sending out mixed signals as to whether Iran’s Criminal Code will now impose the death penalty on Muslims who forsake Islam to convert to Christianity. A final decision on the&hellip
Abdu’l-Baha’s Treatise A synopsis of the sorrowful events of the [Baha’i] martyrs in Yazd and Isfahan He is God! In this enlightened age, which is the century of the Almighty God, by the effulgence of&hellip
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&hellip
Recently, Iran Press Watch was pleased to post an abstract of Prof. Tavakoli-Targhi’s important essay, “Anti-Baha’ism and Islamism in Iran, 1941-1955”. Through the kindness of one of our readers, the site has received a scan&hellip
Editor’s Note: The Baha’i community of Iran has had a long and sorrowful history of persecution, some of which has already been recounted in English language sources. To provide further scholarly access to this history,&hellip
Editor’s Note: Prof. Mohammad Tavakoli-Targhi’s seminal study was published in translation in The Baha’is of Iran: Socio-historical studies, 2008, New York, NY: Routledge. An abstract of this paper appears below with the link to the&hellip
Editor’s Note: In support of the Global Day of Action, Iran Press Watch is pleased to publish this invited editorial by Dr. Christopher Buck, a regular contributor to this site. This is a foundational essay&hellip
Report to the U.S. Secretary of State by W. Smith Murray American Consular Service, Teheran, Persia August 10, 1924 SECRET AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington Sir: – I have the&hellip
Robert Whitney Imbrie was a Major in the United States Army and an American diplomat. He was killed at Tehran, on July 18, 1924, by a mob who thought he was a Baha’i. He was&hellip
There can’t be a happy ending to our story, if only the human rights of certain segments of society are considered Editor’s Note: Dr. Vahdati is an Iranian-American human rights activist and freelance writer who&hellip
Editor’s Note: Dr. Naficy is a well-known Iranian poet, writer, and human rights and political activist. In April of this year, he wrote a brilliant essay, which Iran Press Watch was pleased to share extracts&hellip
by Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh Death sentences, executions, floggings and amputations mark the bitter reality in Iran 30 years on from the Islamic Revolution. The Bahai are particularly threatened by the prevailing law. Mehrangiz Kar worked&hellip
Editor’s Note: Omid Djalili is an award-winning British-Iranian actor/comedian. Not only acclaimed as one of Britain’s funniest stand up comedians, he has also featured in films including ‘The Mummy’, ‘Gladiator’, and ‘Casanova’. Omid is also&hellip
Iran’s Prosecutor General, Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi, has said the Bahai sect in Iran is using the same facilities as other Iranians. “The Iranian government has provided the Bahai sect in Iran with all the facilities offered&hellip
The Grieboski Report aired an interview recently between Joseph Grieboski, President of the Institute for Religion and Public Policy and Kit Bigelow (picture, right), director of external affairs of the National Spiritual Assembly of the&hellip