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…
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BBC Persian TV reports on Yaran
BBC Persian TV included a report on the anniversary of the arrest of Iran’s Baha’i leaders. The segment on the Baha’is starts 29:10 mins into the broadcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/tv/2008/12/000001_ptv_newshour.shtml
Seven Baha’i Leaders at Risk of Execution
Editor’s Note: The following report was posted in Persian on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, also known as RadioFarda. The bulk of what is reported in this report, however, has previously been reported by Iran Press…
Two Baha'is released in Mashhad / Another transferred to Evin Prison
According to the site http://www.bab.blogfa.com/post-92.aspx, two Baha’is of Mashhad, namely, Mr. Jalayer Vahdat and Mrs. Sima Eshraghi, who had been incarcerated since January 26, 2009, have been released on the bail of 150 million tumans…
To the Children of Prison and Exile
A poem by Dr. Majid Naficy Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is deeply grateful to have received this poem from Dr. Naficy for publication at this site. The poem was composed on February 15, 1986…
Iranian Baha'i leaders may face new accusation on anniversary of imprisonment
NEW YORK, 12 May (BWNS) – The seven Baha’i leaders currently imprisoned in Iran are facing the anniversary of their arrest this Thursday, along with new and extremely grave accusations, after spending a year in…
They keep complaining…
By Samandar, a Baha’i in Iran Once upon a time I was in prison. One day the investigator summoned me and kept asking me all sorts of questions. I responded, “If I answer your questions,…
Deny. Deny. Denial.
A short interview with Geoffrey Cameron, research associate at the London-based Foreign Policy Centre, on the denial of higher education for the Baha’is in Iran. Mr. Cameron is also co-author of the 2008 publication ‘A…
The cost of religious conversion in Iran
Editor’s Note: Last October, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill which would make the death penalty compulsory for all male apostates, while female apostates must live out their years in prison.…
Update on the Situation in Shiraz
As the readers of this site have guessed, very little information and news has come from Iran in recent days. Iran Press Watch was able to glean the following from a few sites in Persian:…
Iran bans Nobel laureate's aide from travelling
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has banned an aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and a peace activist from travelling abroad, Ebadi’s rights group the Human Rights Defenders Centre said on its website on Sunday. Narges…
Hungarian Baha'is share views on Iran
Each day Bahá’ís endure negative propaganda from the Iranian media, they cannot practice their religion and they are deprived of their fundamental human rights. Baha’is from Hungary have produced a video to share their view…
Persecution of Baha'i and Christians in Iran
by Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh The systematic persecution of Bahais in Iran intensified in the month of April. Again and again individual Bahais are being arbitrarily arrested. They are sometimes released against a substantial amount of…
Rap Music about the Iranian Baha'is
The voice of youth is powerful, even more so when they employ music and video to broadcast their message. Foad Manshadi, a young American Baha’i shares his “letter of sorrow” through rap music. Read the…
First Nationwide Forum on the Right to Education
(Tehran – HRA) Following the diligent work of the Committee on the Right to Education for the Bahá’ís which operates under the umbrella of the Human Rights Activists Association in Iran, two simultaneous forums were held…
Message from the French National Convention to the Baha’is of Iran
To Our brothers and Sisters in Iran Dearest Friends, You have been constantly present in our minds, our consultations and our prayers as we were gathered at our National Convention last May 1 & 2.…
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