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From New Zealand
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was happy to receive a copy of the following blog entry by Keith Locke, a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. This posting was made on September 6, 2009 and…
Human Rights – Consensus or Reason for Conflict between Religions
Baha’i International Community Representative, Sarah Vader, spoke at the 6th International Human Rights Forum – Luzern, which took place on 4-5 May and examined the theme of “Human Rights and Religions.” Ms. Vader was an invited speaker on…
Ban Iranian Leaders from Canada
Editor’s Note: The following essay by Prof Payam Akhavan appeared on September 2, 2009, in National Post and is reproduced in part below for the readers for Iran Press Watch. By Payam Akhavan In the…
They Hanged Her for Teaching Love
Editor’s Note: The following essay is reprinted from American Thinker and is by Amil Imani, a pro-democracy activist in the United States. Mr. Imani is a columist, literary traslator, novelist and essayist, who has been writing…
New Judiciary Chief Should Tackle Rights Abuse
Editor’s Note: The following call for action was posted on the site of Human Rights Watch on August 28, 2009. By Human Rights Watch (New York) -The new head of Iran’s judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Ardishir…
Deadly Fatwa: Iran’s 1988 Massacre
Press Release Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Releases Report on Iran’s 1988 Massacre of Thousands of Political Prisoners August 27, 2009 New Haven, Connecticut – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) today released a…
Most Shameful Sham Trial of 30 Years
Editor’s Note: Iran has a long and sad history of creating show-trials for the public consumption, though it appears that even the most gullible Iranians are no longer buying these show-trials and seeing through the…
Montazeri Condemns Iranian Regime
Editor’s Note: Yesterday, August 26, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri issued a proclamation in response to a letter dated August 23 by some 293 Iranian intellectuals, journalists, human rights activists and other concerned citizens. Iran Press Watch…
The Forgotten Child
Editor’s Note: For the last 30 years, the Baha’i community of Iran has been deprived of access to institutions of higher education and forced to develop an open university known as BIHE. However, it now appears…
Baha’i Identity in Islamic Iran
Editor’s Note: Alexandra Leavy is a senior at University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Political Science & Modern Middle East Studies. The following essay was initially published in JCSMENA: Penn’s Journal of Cultural Studies of the…
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