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…
Monthly Archives For December 2008
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…
Fuad Naeimi Continues to Languish in Prison
Fuad Naeimi is a prominent Baha’i organizer in Sari, in the province of Mazandaran. In September 2007, he was convicted of “being active in the Baha’i sect” and commenced his sentence on 29 May 2008, …
A Seminar against the Baha’i Faith
On Wednesday, 6 August 2008, the online journal Ayandih Roushan [“bright future”] reported that a seminar was held in the amphitheater of Qum’s Research Center for Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). This seminar started…
Former Baha’i Center of Tehran Suffers Fire
Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported in Persian on Thursday, 11 December 2008, and this report appears below in translation: Today (Thursday), the amphitheater of the Art Center of the Organization for the Propagation of…
U.N. General Assembly expresses “deep concern” about human rights in Iran
By Baha’i World News Service 19 December 2007 UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern” about “ongoing systematic violations of human rights” in Iran. Adopted by a…
Raid on Baha’i Homes in Semnan
As previously reported by this site, over the course of several days from 12 to 15 of December 2008, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i homes in Semnan, in northern Iran and arrested…
Response from US Senator Barbara Boxer on Discrimination of Baha’is in Iran
By: Birch Bricker This post is in response to the former post I did on “Discrimination of minorities in Iran” [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2008/12/discrimination-of-minorities-in-iran/]. I wrote to Boxer, Fienstien, & Biden & I’ve been holding on to…
Meeting of the Council in Defense of the Right to Education with Political and Social Activists
At 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, a group of students expelled from universities or otherwise discriminated against were represented by the Council in Defense of the Right to Education and met with a number of political…
Baha’i followers Searched in Iran
United News Network (UNN) reported on Tuesday 16 December 2008 at 4:09 am: Tehran (UNN) Houses of 12 Baha’i followers in the Iranian city of Semnan were searched by the security forces. Sources close to…
Agents of the Intelligence Ministry Raided Baha’i Households in Semnan
On Monday, 15 December 2008, Human Rights Activists of Iran posted the following report: At 6 A.M. on December 14, 2008, the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided Baha’i households in Semnan in expanded…
Concern raised over detention of Baha'is in Mazandaran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently released a statement in which it expressed concern over the detention of 3 Baha’is in the Iranian province of Mazandaran on November, and urged the international…
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By Mehrangiz Kar Sixty years have passed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved. The declaration is the beginning of a new broad global initiative. Extensive research and constructive debates have been raged…
Update on Three Baha’is in Yasuj
On 4 December 2008, Iran Press Watch shared the news of the imprisonment of three Baha’is in Yasuj on the charge of “activities against the nation’s security by holding anti-Islamic classes.” On Tuesday, 9 December…
Request for Iran Human Rights Commission
The following is a translation of the request of a group of Iranian human rights activist organizations on the occasion of December the 10th, International Human Rights Day, including a short report on the human…
Open Letter by Prominent Figures
Prominent figures from the worlds of education, law, human rights, religion and journalism have today published an open letter expressing grave concern at the Iranian government’s denial of access to education to members of the…
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