Editor’s Note: On 14 June 1981, seven members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Hamadan – the body responsible for Baha’i activities in that locality – were executed by firing squad. These…
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Detention of Two Baha’is: Fear for Their Safety
Editor’s Note: The following urgent appeal was posted on Wednesday, 24 December 2008, by Iranian Minorities Human Right Organization (IMHRO). To the best of our knowledge at Iran Press Watch, the Baha’i institutions have not…
Defense of Human Rights Will Not Stop
By Maryam Kashani (Reporter for Rooz online) Following the closure of the offices of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights in Tehran by government agents, Rooz spoke with Narges Mohammadi, the spokesperson for…
Baha'is Call for Reopening of Human Rights Center in Iran
GENEVA, 23 December (BWNS)- The Baha’i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran and called for its reopening. “The…
Baha’is Under Widespread Attack in Semnan
“I have been ordered to do so. Please believe me.” “Please pardon what I’m doing.” These are what agents of the Ministry of Intelligence sometimes say when they attack Baha’i homes – this time, a…
Iran Shuts Office of Nobel Winner's Rights Group
By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer Iranian authorities shut down the office of a human rights group led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on Sunday as the group was preparing to honor a…
US Department of State on UN General Assembly calls on Iran to meet Human Rights obligations
The following is the text of the Press Statement published by Sean McCormack, Spokesman for the US Department of State in Washington, DC, and dated December 19, 2008: The United States welcomes UN General Assembly…
Fired from Work for Being Baha'i
Human Rights Activists of Iran has published the following letter of a Baha’i employed by Iran National Broadcasting Agency (which is a state-run public broadcasting and presently is known as Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,…
Center of Human Rights Defenders in Tehran is under Raid
Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in Europe and North America (IHRAG) reports that on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Center of Human Rights Defenders in Tehran was raided by…
Police Raid, Close Offices of Shirin Ebadi
Agence France Press (AFP) has just released the news that the Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of Nobel Laureate human rights defender Shirin Ebadi. TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian security forces have raided and…
Jews Undercover – Iran
Reporter: Mark Corcoran All religious and tribal minorities in Iran have lived under considerable pressures during the last 30 years and suffered various forms of discrimination and persecution. The Jews of Iran are no exception,…
Support Baha'i Students in Iran Video Contest
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Kayhan’s Shameful Attacks
Scurrilous attacks on the Faith continue to appear in Kayhan, one of the oldest and most influential newspapers in Iran. This daily newspaper is published by the Kayhan Institute and is currently managed by Hossein…
A Book Review: The Baha’is of Iran
Editor’s note: The following is a book review by Oliver Scharbrodt, with the citation: Oliver Scharbrodt (2008); Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena B. Fazel; The Baha’is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies, London and New York: Routledge,…
Six American University Presidents Travel to Iran
By Davood N. Rahni, Ph.D. As a patriotic American with proud Persian heritage, I have followed with much exhilaration the recent travel to Iran by the presidents of the six national American universities. In an…
Update on Raids in Semnan
Iran Press Watch has learned through its contacts in Iran that indeed on 15 December 2008 agents of the Ministry of Intelligence launched a series of raids of the homes of some 13 Baha’is in…
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