Further to our earlier report, Kavian S. Milani on the Newnegah site offered the following on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, based on reports he has received from Iran and promised to offer further details in…
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Update on the Situation of the Yaran
On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, Human Rights Activists in Iran provided an alarming update on the situation of the former Baha’i leaders, known as Yaran, which appears below in translation: After more than a year…
Crimes charges against Iran sought
Payam Akhavan, a former UN war crimes prosecutor at The Hague, co-founder of Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, and Baha’i, is working on a petition to send to the UN Security Council and The Hague.…
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…
Prayers for Imprisoned Baha'i relatives
Twelve hours of interrogation, 19 days of solitary confinement and almost three years in an Iranian prison. That was Iranian Foad Naeemi’s punishment for teaching the Baha’i Faith, which is viewed as heresy by Iran’s…
Baha'is Speak Out on Iran Elections on NPR
NPR recently interviewed Farhad Sabetan, spokesman of the Baha’i International Community, on the involvement of Iranian Baha’is in their country’s politics, specifically in relation to last week’s election. Members of the Baha’i faith, Iran’s largest…
The Right to Believe!
Editors’ Note: Today, June 18, marks the anniversary of martyrdom of 10 brave and devoted Baha’i ladies in Shiraz. Iran Press Watch is pleased to mark their sacrifice of love with the following essay. Dedicated…
Interview with Iranian dissident about working in notorious Evin Prison
The world gasped in horror when it learnt of the execution of an innocent 22-year-old woman, Delara Darabi, on May 1. But Iranians have had to live with these sorts of horrors on an almost…
Launching Persian Page on IPW
Iran Press Watch is happy to announce that its Persian page is launched! This page joins pages in English, French, German, and Spanish in bringing news and commentary on the situation of the Baha’is of…
New Features on IPW
Every two weeks, Iran Press Watch will update its list of Baha’is imprisoned in Iran. The current list is up-to-date to the best of our information and can be located on the right-hand side of…
Chants of "Baha'is, We will Support You" in Tehran's Streets
An election procession in support of several Iranian presidential candidates chanted in support of various religious minorities, including the Baha’is. At this time of intensifying persecution of the Baha’i community throughout Iran, such public expressions…
Roxana Saberi advocates for Iran’s “prisoners of conscience”
Editor’s Note: In an article published in The Washington Post on June 11, 2009, journalist Roxana Saberi describes meeting Baha’is in Tehran’s Evin Prison among many other ‘prisoners of conscience’ “I also got to know…
General Debate at UN Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights situations that require its attention and its general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, under which it heard the President of…
Several Updates on the Baha’is of Iran
The following news items appeared on June 4, 2009, on the Persian site of the Baha’i International Community and are provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch. The source of each story is cited…
Visit – Shiraz Plock 100
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was pleased to receive the following moving essay, which describes the feelings of many Iranian Baha’is. It is presented below in translation; the original in Persian is attached. By a…
Baha’is of Semnan Prevented to Bury their Dead
The Persian site of the Baha’i International Community reported on June 4, 2009, the following which appears in translation: Mrs. Maryam Shiraliyan (Subhani), a Baha’i of Semnan, passed away on May 20, 2009. However, governmental…
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